( Andy Shupe)
Arkansas defensive line coach Jermial Ashley (left) starts a drill Thursday, March 11, 2021, during practice at the university practice facility in Fayetteville. Visit nwaonline.com/210312Daily/ for the photo gallery.
FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman has fired defensive line coach Jermial Ashley, sources with knowledge of the situation have told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Ashley, who will turn 39 on Friday, had just completed his first year on the staff after working the prior six years at Tulsa. He replaced Derrick LeBlanc, who was hired away from Kentucky as part of Pittman’s original staff in the winter of 2019-20.