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Yurachek clears deck

WholeHogSports | December 26, 2019

Related Topics: Nolan Richardson, John Barnhill, Eddie Sutton, Chad Morris, Arkansas State University, Mike Anderson, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, University of Arkansas

Hunter Yurachek had a super busy second year as the University of Arkansas athletic director in 2019.

Yurachek fired men's basketball coach Mike Anderson in March, then he pulled the plug on the Chad Morris football era in November with two games remaining on the schedule.

The list

• The top 10 Arkansas sports stories of 2019 as selected by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports staff:

  1. UA plays in-state schools

  2. Hogs return to College World Series

  3. Pittman hired as UA football coach

  4. Musselman hired as UA basketball coach

  5. Bryant dominates 7A football

  6. Richardson Court unveiled

  7. Fassi a national champion

For the first time since John Barnhill did it in 1952, a UA athletic director made coaching changes at the top of the two biggest revenue sports on campus in the same calendar year.

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