Arkansas coach Sam Pittman hugs Hunter Yurachek, Saturday, September 25, 2021 at the end of a football game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Less than an hour into his first meeting with Sam Pittman, Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek got it.
He knew why so many former players had called or written in support of Pittman being the next head football coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
He knew why Judy Henry, an attorney and agent for Pittman, had asked just for a single interview.
With associate athletic director Jon Fagg and former Razorback great Steve Cox — along with Yuracheck, the three-man search committee — watching Yurachek and Pittman got serious.