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Keeping the group together may be easier said than done given the team’s success, but the second-year head man said he doesn’t anticipate losing anyone going into next season.
“I think we’re in great shape,” he said. “I have no indication whatsoever that we might lose anyone on our staff.”
Offensive coordinator Kendal Briles and defensive coordinator Barry Odom would be the most likely candidates to leave. Not because they’re superior to any of their fellow position coaches, but because coordinators of successful teams are high demand to be head coaches at less successful programs. Odom was a head coach at Missouri before becoming Arkansas’ DC.
“To put it out there: I don’t want to lose anybody on the staff,” he said. “So I’m pretty sure the university will sit down and figure out what we can do to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Most of the time, that means pay increases. And with Arkansas’ 8-4 regular-season in the bag and an Outback Bowl upcoming on January 1, coaches may be more keen to stay because of the anticipation the Razorbacks will be just as successful next season.