Steve Cox, a managing partner in a Jonesboro real estate firm and a former football player for the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, has been appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the UA board of trustees.
Cox, 59, replaces insurance company executive Ben Hyneman, 68, whose 10-year term expired this year. A former NFL player, Cox's term to the 10-person board expires March 1, 2028.
At UA, Cox earned all-conference honors as a punter in 1979 and 1980, and in 2004 was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
"Everything that university represents -- and the people that are associated with it -- made me proud," Cox said.