John L. Smith's wife convinced him to take Arkansas job
By Detroit News staff and wires Fayetteville, Ark. — John L. Smith has been named interim head football coach at Arkansas, replacing Bobby Petrino, a source told the Associated Press. Smith was Michigan State head coach from 2003-06.
By Erick Smith, USA TODAY John L. Smith pointed to one reason why he made the difficult decision to take the Arkansas job. It was because of the insistence of his wife. Dealing with the dilemma of leaving his alma mater Weber State just four months
some not, but none of whom were ever coming to Arkansas — were being bandied about as the replacement for Bobby Petrino, the one name we didn't hear over the 11 days since Petrino's firing until Monday was that of John L. Smith.
By Detroit News staff and wires Fayetteville, Ark. — John L. Smith has been named interim head football coach at Arkansas, replacing Bobby Petrino, a source told the Associated Press. Smith was Michigan State head coach from 2003-06.
Coach John L. Smith will officially be named interim Head Hog at a press conference this afternoon. The former special teams coordinator returns to "The Hill" for ten months, starting no later than May 24th. He will be paid $850000, saving the program
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