FAYETTEVILLE — Travis Geopfert is coming back to Arkansas’ track and field program.
Geopfert, who has spent the past three years as an assistant coach at Tennessee, was announced Thursday as the replacement for Mario Sategna as the Razorbacks’ assistant who oversees jumps and field events. Sategna, the former Texas head coach, resigned May 19.
Geopfert, 42, previously coached under Chris Bucknam at Arkansas from 2009-18. He also worked for Bucknam at Northern Iowa from 2003-08, and competed for Bucknam at Northern Iowa from 1997-02.
“We recruited him out of Panora, Iowa,” Bucknam said. “He was a dual football-track athlete.