FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas defensive line coach Rory Segrest will not be retained for the 2017 season, Coach Bret Bielema confirmed in a statement Saturday.
The firing of Segrest and departure of former defensive coordinator Robb Smith will mean Bielema and new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads will replace half of the coaches on defense as the Razorbacks transition to a 3-4 front next season.
Rhoads and linebackers coach Vernon Hargreaves are the holdovers.
Segrest, hired away from Samford by Bielema for his second Arkansas staff in 2014, was offered a chance to return to the Philadelphia Eagles last year by rookie Coach Doug Pederson, but he elected to stay with the Razorbacks.