FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas assistant soccer coach Chris Neal is returning to his alma mater.
Neal, who joined Razorbacks coach Colby Hale’s staff in January, will become the head soccer coach at UNC-Wilmington. Neal came to Arkansas from Elon, where he spent the previous decade as coach of the Phoenix women’s soccer team.
“I’m grateful to be the new head coach at a place I know and love,” Neal said in a release. “To be able to help lead the soccer program at my alma mater is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m appreciative of Coach Hale’s support in allowing me to pursue this advancement of my coaching career, even while heading into the 2018 season.