FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas has hired Matt Hobbs to replace Wes Johnson as the team's pitching coach.
Hobbs, 38, has spent the past four seasons as pitching coach at Wake Forest and the four seasons before that in the same role at Missouri. Hobbs accepted the Arkansas job last week, but the hire was not processed until this week because the University of Arkansas was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, which delayed the completion of necessary paperwork.
“There’s always a short list of coaches out there that are on teams’ radars and Matt Hobbs is always on that list,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said in a statement.