Arkansas wasted little time firing coach Bret Bielema after the Hogs’ season ended Friday, announcing his dismissal less than an hour after a loss to Missouri.
In his post-game news conference, Bielema said a coach wants “to leave the place better than when you got here and I have no doubt I did that.”
When Arkansas fired AD Jeff Long earlier this month, that essentially sealed Bielema’s fate. He was 29-34 overall and 11-29 in the SEC in his five seasons in Fayetteville.
“We have not been able to sustain the success on the field that is expected and required at the University of Arkansas,” a statement from interim AD Julie Cromer Peoples said.