LITTLE ROCK — Retreads, rookies and minor league winners make up the pools of candidates available to Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek in his search for a new football coach.
Nobody asked, but the personal preference is to avoid coaches who bide their time as TV “analysts” while waiting for a school to make an offer, as well as those on the sideline.
Undoubtedly, the experience of a Mack Brown — the former Texas coach who bailed on TV and took the North Carolina job at age 67 — is a plus. And, more than likely, others who have enjoyed varying degrees of success have made it clear they are interested, but there is also something to be said for a candidate eager to prove himself.