FAYETTEVILLE -- New University of Arkansas football Coach Sam Pittman's first coordinator hire is a splashy one.
Pittman landed former Missouri coach Barry Odom on Friday as his defensive coordinator.
Sources had informed the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Odom had been Pittman's top target for defensive coordinator. Pittman, speaking on the Paul Finebaum Show on Friday afternoon, said it was a done deal.
"I can tell you this, that I'm ecstatic that he's in his car and headed down to Fayetteville as we speak," Pittman said. "I'm ecstatic. I felt like I needed a guy on my staff who had been a head coach.