FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas Razorbacks Coach Dave Van Horn got to know Scott Stricklin in the summer of 2011 when both coached for USA Baseball's national collegiate team.
At the time, Stricklin was Kent State's coach.
"He told me he wanted to be a coach in the SEC," Van Horn said Tuesday. "I laughed. I said, 'Do you really?' "
Stricklin got his wish when he was hired at Georgia in 2013, and he found out what Van Horn was talking about in regard to the SEC's degree of difficulty.
Georgia was a combined 79-87-1 in Stricklin's first four seasons, including 43-75-1 in the SEC.