Matt Jones of WholeHogSports.com has reported that Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek has signed a contract extension that will run through 2027.
According to Jones, Yurachek signed the contract on February 3, and the contract was finalized last Sunday. Yurachek’s salary from the University of Arkansas will be $566,00, and he will receive an additional $684,000 for speaking engagements, sponsorship obligations, interviews, etc.
Arkansas athletics has seen a revival under Yurachek’s tenure. Yurachek was responsible for the hiring of head football coach Sam Pittman, and head men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman, and has seen contract extensions for head baseball coach Dave Van Horn and head women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors.
In the second season under Pittman, Arkansas football has reached a winning-season, and has appeared in a bowl game for the first time since 2016 by finishing 9-4 win a win over Penn State in the Outback Bowl in 2021.
Razorback basketball has had a winning record in all three season’s of the Musselman era, including a 25-win, 13-4 SEC record in 2020-21. Currently, Arkansas is 19-5 with a nine-game winning streak, and recently defeated No. 1 Auburn in front of a sold-out crowd.
Baseball and softball will both start the season in the top-10, and nine Razorback teams won SEC championships last academic year.
The new contract will run through June 30, 2027.