Arkansas hires Memphis' Ryan Silverfield as next head football coach: report

The Arkansas Razorbacks pulled the trigger connected their prime for their adjacent caput shot manager connected Sunday aft the team’s disastrous 2025 play ended with a 14-point nonaccomplishment to Missouri.

Arkansas agreed to marque Ryan Silverfield their adjacent caput coach, ESPN reported.

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Memphis Tigers caput manager Ryan Silverfield looks connected during the 2nd fractional against the South Florida Bulls astatine Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium connected Oct. 25, 2025. (Wesley Hale/Imagn Images)

Silverfield volition travel implicit from the Memphis Tigers wherever helium spent six years. He took the Memphis occupation earlier the 2020 play and led the Tigers to 4 vessel games, each of which helium won.

The Tigers didn’t person a large year, but managed to triumph 8 games and scope arsenic precocious arsenic 22nd successful The Associated Press apical 25 poll. He besides guided the Tigers to 2 10-win seasons – the astir since Mike Norvell was the caput manager of Memphis.

He volition beryllium successful complaint of trying to revitalize the Razorbacks.

Memphis Tigers caput manager Ryan Silverfield and antiaircraft lineman Jalen Bell (93) tally onto the tract earlier the crippled against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane astatine Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium connected Oct. 4, 2025. (Wesley Hale/Imagn Images)

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Arkansas fired Sam Pittman aft 5 games this season. The squad replaced him with Bobby Petrino, but the Razorbacks didn’t triumph a crippled with him. Pittman was with Arkansas from 2020 to 2025. He had the schoolhouse arsenic precocious arsenic eighth successful the AP canvass successful 2021 arsenic they finished with 9 wins. But the squad dropped disconnected from there.

The Razorbacks person not won astatine slightest 10 games since 2011 nether Petrino. But his tenure astatine Arkansas ended successful scandal.

Memphis Tigers caput manager Ryan Silverfield and linebacker DeMarco Ward (31) observe aft a touchdown during the 2nd fractional against the Chattanooga Mocs astatine Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium connected Aug. 30, 2025. (Wesley Hale/Imagn Images)

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Silverfield volition beryllium Arkansas’ 5th caput manager since Petrino’s stint from 2008 to 2011.

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