FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas agreed to pay former women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors a $750,000 release payment when Neighbors stepped down earlier this month.
A release and waiver agreement between the parties was obtained Friday through a Freedom of Information Act request. Neighbors announced his resignation March 11 after an 8-year stint and with a record of 148-114.
Neighbors, 55, was under contract with the Razorbacks through April 2027. His job security came into question this year when Arkansas went 10-22 with several blowout losses and failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row.