Arkansas associate head coach David Patrick has successfully recruited his homeland of Australia since getting into coaching and his ties are expected to aid the Razorbacks.
Patrick was named to his new post July 1 after two seasons as head coach at California-Riverside. Olgun Uluc of ESPN Australia has known Patrick since 2015.
“David Patrick is the best recruiter of Australian talent, period,” Uluc said. “I don’t think that’s even a conversation. He did it at Saint Mary’s, then LSU, then TCU, and obviously at UC Riverside most recently. At Riverside, he helped lift the program to what was a successful final season for him at the school.