FAYETTEVILLE -- The Arkansas Razorbacks announced the hiring of veteran defensive coordinator John Chavis on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the longtime SEC assistant coach would lead the defense for first-year Coach Chad Morris.
Chavis, 61, has spent the past 23 years as a defensive coordinator in the SEC, including the past three at Texas A&M. He coordinated the defense for Tennessee's national championship team in 1998 under Phillip Fulmer in the first year of the Bowl Championship Series, and also coordinated the defense on the LSU staff under Les Miles in 2011 that lost the national title game to Alabama.