Former Missouri State head coach Bobby Petrino will return to Arkansas and serve as its offensive coordinator, the school officially announced Wednesday.
The former Razorbacks head coach from 2008-11 will return to Fayetteville since he was fired for cause in April 2012 following his infamous motorcycle accident scandal.
Since then, Petrino has taken head coaching jobs at Western Kentucky (2013), Louisville (2014-18) and Missouri State (2020-22) before becoming Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator this past season.
Petrino joined Jimbo Fisher’s staff at College Station where the team went 7-5 overall and 4-4 in SEC play. Fisher was fired midseason and will receive more than $75 million in his buyout. The university announced the hiring of Duke head coach Mike Elko as its new head coach on Monday.
Petrino was the head coach of the Razorbacks from 2008-11 where he led the Hogs to a 51-34 record, Cotton Bowl and Liberty Bowl victories along with a Sugar Bowl appearance.
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Petrino was fired as Arkansas’ head coach in April 2012 after he was involved in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in northwest Arkansas on the first day of the month. He initially told university officials he was alone on the motorcycle, but it eventually came out that he had a passenger — then-25-year-old Jessica Dorrell.
In the coming days, it came to light that Petrino had an affair with Dorrell and he had hired the former Arkansas volleyball player to work in the athletics department after giving her a $20,000 gift. He had not previously disclosed his relationship with university officials.
By April 10, 2012, Arkansas fired Petrino with cause, as then-Athletics Director Jeff Long told reporters Petrino had “engaged in a pattern of misleading and manipulative…
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Author : Springfield News-Leader
Publish date : 2023-11-29 17:40:04
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