FAYETTEVILLE -- Travis Geopfert, an assistant track and field coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks' men's team the last nine years, is leaving the program but staying in the SEC.
Geopfert has accepted a job to be Tennessee's associate head coach. He will be coaching field events and the heptathlon and decathlon for Tennessee's men and women -- the same responsibilities he had with the Razorbacks' men's team.
"It's a great opportunity professionally, but it's certainly difficult to leave this place," Geopfert said. "The affection that we have for Arkansas and the Razorbacks is immense.
"It's been an amazing nine years.