FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek and Razorback Foundation executive director Scott Varady said Thursday the foundation — not Yurachek — made the decision to stop making buyout payments to former UA football coach Bret Bielema last year.
A federal lawsuit filed by Bielema against the foundation alleges Yurachek “appears to have been the driving force behind” when the foundation ceased payments to Bielema in January 2019. The attorneys cite multiple examples of Yurachek criticizing high-dollar buyouts, including during his introductory press conference at the UA shortly after Bielema was fired as the Razorbacks’ coach in 2017.