Dec 1, 2025 - Sports

Arkansas football hires new coach

Alex Golden

photo of Silverfield — Ryan Silverfield on Nov. 7 in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo: Matthew A. Smith/Getty Images

Ryan Silverfield, who has been head coach for the University of Memphis Tigers since 2019, will lead the Arkansas Razorbacks, the University of Arkansas' athletics department announced Sunday.

Why it matters: The program's leaders want to make the team competitive for a national championship and are confident the new hire will help make that happen, vice chancellor and director of athletics Hunter Yurachek said in a statement.

State of play: The Razorbacks lost ten of their 12 games this season, which wrapped up over the weekend, while the Tigers won eight of their 12 games.

Arkansas lost 32-31 to Memphis in September.

Flashback: Arkansas fired former head coach Sam Pittman in late September and appointed offensive coordinator and former head coach Bobby Petrino as interim head coach to finish out the final seven games of the season. The Hogs lost all seven games.

Zoom in: Silverfield has been coaching since 1999. He started at Memphis in 2016 as offensive line coach.

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