37–63

and counting

Hunter Yurachek's football record as athletic director. 14–53 in the SEC.

3. University of Arkansas, year-by-year football results, 1894 through 2025; 2. Arkansas 2026 schedule and results, Sports-Reference

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The record

3

Seasons of 2–10 football under this athletic director. 2018, 2019, 2025.

1. Arkansas football season records, Sports-Reference

14–53

Record in SEC football games under this athletic director, 2018 to date.

Three seasons of 0–8 in conference play: 2018, 2019, 2025. Seven losing conference seasons in eight years, and 0–1 so far in a ninth.

3. University of Arkansas, year-by-year football results, 1894 through 2025; 2. Arkansas 2026 schedule and results, Sports-Reference

12

Consecutive losses to FBS opponents.

2. Arkansas 2026 schedule and results, Sports-Reference

1–10

Home record against SEC teams since 2023.

1. Arkansas football season records, Sports-Reference

9

Straight home losses to power-conference opponents.

1. Arkansas football season records, Sports-Reference

$10M

Buyout guaranteed to Chad Morris, who went 4–18 and 0–14 in the SEC.

5. Arkansas Times, Nov. 11, 2019, the Chad Morris buyout terms

$7.7M

Buyout owed to Sam Pittman, paid through December 31, 2027, by the department that finished last in the SEC in roster spending.

He was fired five games into 2025, after a raise in 2022 and after being retained following 4-8 and 6-6 seasons.

6. WholeHogSports, Sept. 29, 2025, department finances after the firings

What he said

September 15, 2025

Asked at the Little Rock Touchdown Club whether Arkansas is set up to win national championships, he said basketball is, baseball is, and several other sports are. Then football:

“Football, where we are right now, we're not set up to win a national championship. I'll just be brutally honest with that.”
Hunter Yurachek, Little Rock Touchdown Club. 45. Hunter Yurachek, Little Rock Touchdown Club, Sept. 15, 2025, on video at the quote

September 15, 2025, Little Rock Touchdown Club. Seventeen seconds. Full video at this moment.

September 29, 2025

Thirteen days later, on September 28, he fired Sam Pittman five games into the season. The next day:

“I gave you some statistics where our head coach compensation, our assistant coach salary pool, our support staff salary pool, and our overall operating budget ranked toward the bottom of the Southeastern Conference. I think, with that information, Coach Pittman did not have the resources he needed to appropriately compete in this conference right now.”
Hunter Yurachek, the press conference after firing Sam Pittman. 46. Hunter Yurachek, press conference, Sept. 29, 2025, on video at the quote

Compensation, salary pools and operating budget are the athletic director's job.

September 29, 2025, press conference, Fayetteville. Seven seconds. Full video at this moment.

December 4, 2025

A new financial commitment “will push us to the top half in key SEC items such as our assistant coaches pool, our strength and conditioning staff, our support staff pool, and our talent acquisition through revenue sharing and legitimate NIL.”
Hunter Yurachek, introducing Ryan Silverfield. 48. Hunter Yurachek, Ryan Silverfield's introductory press conference, Dec. 4, 2025, on video at the quote; 47. Sports Illustrated, September 2026, on the Dec. 4, 2025 introductory press conference

December 4, 2025, Ryan Silverfield's introductory press conference. Twenty-five seconds. Full video at this moment.

He said that on December 4th. Nine months later, The Athletic put Arkansas last in the SEC.

September 10, 2026

“I know people don't like it, but generating revenue is really the name of the game in having a successful athletics program, and unfortunately generating revenue comes at the expense of your fan base.”
Hunter Yurachek, Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Springdale. 28. Hunter Yurachek, Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Sept. 10, 2026, on video at the quote; 27. WholeHogSports, Sept. 10, 2026, the Baum-Walker reseating total and the Springdale luncheon remarks

September 10, 2026, Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Springdale. Sixteen seconds. Full video at this moment.

September 2026

“Looking back, I would have established a general manager-type position earlier.”
Hunter Yurachek. 29. Brett McMurphy, On3, September 23, 2026. Subscription required.

There was no athletics general manager until March 2025. No football general manager until December 2025.

What he didn't collect

ALWAYS BEHIND

August 12, 2023

Hunter Yurachek published an op-ed in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette headlined “Save college sports,” calling on Congress to impose a national standard on NIL.

He wrote that a model requiring revenue-generating programs to share nearly half their revenue with athletes “would collapse the entire system.”

Arkansas opted into the revenue-sharing pool in July 2025.

12. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Aug. 12, 2023, Hunter Yurachek, “Save college sports”; 11. WholeHogSports, Oct. 6, 2025, Arkansas ends its relationship with Blueprint Sports

LAST

Arkansas's rank in SEC roster spending for 2026. An estimated $22–25M against a conference average of $33–38M, per The Athletic, Sept. 16, 2026. Texas, LSU and Texas A&M each roughly doubled it.

Roster-spending figures are reported estimates, not disclosed numbers.

7. KARK, September 2026, on The Athletic's roster budget report of Sept. 16, 2026

$181M

Arkansas's athletics budget, against SEC programs Yurachek said operate at $300M or more. His own figures, given at the Little Rock Touchdown Club, Sept. 15, 2025.

8. Coverage of Hunter Yurachek's Sept. 15, 2025 Little Rock Touchdown Club remarks, including budget figures

$1.75M

Hunter Yurachek's total annual compensation. He started at $850,000 in 2017.

$1.5 million annually plus $250,000 in deferred compensation. Among the highest-paid athletic directors in the country, though several major private universities don't disclose administrator pay.

26. Best of Arkansas Sports, 2022, Hunter Yurachek's contract terms

At the bottom of SEC spending. Among the highest-paid athletic directors in the country.

$500K

Total value of the NIL agreements Arkansas assumed from its own collective in July 2025, per Yurachek. About $15,000 per athlete.

Arkansas Edge, launched November 2023, was operated by Blueprint Sports, an out-of-state firm that ran more than 70 collectives.

Arkansas ended the relationship in October 2025, among the last five schools still partnered with the company.

11. WholeHogSports, Oct. 6, 2025, Arkansas ends its relationship with Blueprint Sports

$10.8M

Two years of naming-rights revenue on Razorback Stadium, at the rate of the deal Arkansas eventually signed: $5.4 million a year, times two years.

The CommunityAmerica Credit Union deal, announced June 24, 2026, is worth $5.4 million a year. The 25-year Reynolds Foundation agreement expired June 30, 2024. The stadium carried no naming-rights contract for the two years in between.

The expiration date had been on the calendar since 1999.

9. WholeHogSports, June 25, 2026, the value of the CommunityAmerica naming-rights deal; 10. Southwest Times Record, June 24, 2026, the new stadium naming-rights deal

2

Concerts held at Razorback Stadium, which seats 76,000, in the last four years.

Garth Brooks, April 2022, which the university called the first independently scheduled concert ever held there. Post Malone, July 2026.

Metallica plays Razorback Stadium in May 2027, one of twelve North American dates on the tour.

14. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, 2022, Garth Brooks at Razorback Stadium; 15. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, 2026, Post Malone and Jelly Roll at Razorback Stadium; 13. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Metallica at Razorback Stadium, May 2027

19,000

Seats in Bud Walton Arena, the only indoor venue in Northwest Arkansas that holds a five-figure crowd. Dark most of the year.

Walmart holds its annual shareholders meeting in Bud Walton Arena and books major performers for it.

16. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Jan. 30, 2026, the Oak View Group partnership; 17. 40/29 News, 2026, the Walmart associates celebration at Bud Walton Arena

January 30, 2026

Arkansas hires Oak View Group to secure live event bookings at Razorback Stadium and Bud Walton Arena.

Schools OVG was already doing this for

Texas, 2018. Kentucky, 2018. Tennessee, 2021. NC State. Arizona State. Houston. UMass. Rhode Island. Saint Louis.

Yurachek said the partnership would give the department the edge it needs to bring concerts and events to its venues.

16. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Jan. 30, 2026, the Oak View Group partnership; 18. Burnt Orange Nation, Dec. 20, 2018, Texas and Oak View Group agree on a campus arena; 19. Lexington Herald-Leader, 2021, Kentucky's 2018 partnership with Oak View Group; 20. Knoxville News Sentinel, June 9, 2021, Tennessee's partnership with Oak View Group

4 years

Behind South Carolina on stadium LED lights. Williams-Brice debuted 250+ LED fixtures and a new sound system in September 2022. Arkansas installed the same package in July 2026. Alabama and Georgia did it in 2019.

22. WLTX, September 2022, LED lights debut at Williams-Brice Stadium; 23. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, July 24, 2026, the Razorback Stadium lighting system; 24. NBC Sports, 2019, Alabama's LED lighting at Bryant-Denny Stadium

$282,645May 2025, Tennessee baseball series, final
$194,970Aug. 30, 2025, football opener vs. Alabama A&M, final
$27,605Sept. 5, 2026, football opener vs. North Alabama, final
$23,370Sept. 19, 2026, football vs. Georgia, final

Every figure above is a completed jackpot from the raffle's official winners page. The Tulsa raffle closes September 26 and will be added when it does.

In August 2024, Saracen Casino Resort, an Arkansas company and a Razorback athletics sponsor, said publicly it had a 50/50 raffle ready to launch with the athletic department, with half the proceeds going to Arkansas Edge, the NIL collective.

Saracen said its raffle was ready to launch in August 2024. Arkansas ran its first raffle in May 2025, nine months later.

Arkansas law did not permit the raffle until the General Assembly passed HB 1634 in March 2025. Yurachek testified before the House Rules Committee for the first version of the bill, HB 1044, in February 2025.

Saracen, an Arkansas gaming company already licensed and operating in the state, had offered to partner. The department pursued the legislation without it.

The department instead opted to launch its raffle with BUMP 50/50, a subsidiary of Blast Gaming and Canadian Bank Note. The same operator runs Florida's.

The raffle money does not go to NIL. It goes to the Razorback Foundation and the athletic department at large.

52. Razorback Raffle, official winners page, completed jackpots for every draw; 53. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, May 2025, the Razorback Raffle launch; 54. Arkansas Razorbacks on Facebook, May 2025, the first raffle's $282,000 jackpot; 55. Arkansas Razorbacks on X, June 2025, the Super Regional raffle's $191,855 jackpot; 56. Sports Illustrated, 2025, the raffle ahead of the final baseball series; 57. Razorbackers, 2024, Saracen's proposed raffle and the NIL collective; 58. Sports Illustrated, Feb. 16, 2025, the House Rules Committee hearing on the first raffle bill, HB 1044, including Yurachek's testimony; 59. Arkansas Times, March 6, 2025, HB 1634, the Arkansas Sports Raffle Act, passes the House

2022

Arkansas replaced Intents, an Arkansas-based tailgating vendor, with RevelXP, an out-of-state hospitality company, as its official gameday hospitality partner.

Intents Party Rentals, of Fayetteville, had coordinated the Victory Village tailgates outside Razorback Stadium. RevelXP was launched in 2020 by a private equity firm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tailgating in 2022. The NIL collective in 2023. The raffle in 2025. Each time, an out-of-state company.

60. Talk Business & Politics, July 17, 2022, Arkansas names RevelXP its gameday hospitality partner; 61. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Victory Village, the tailgating program coordinated by Intents Party Rentals; 62. Intents Party Rentals, Fayetteville, Arkansas; 63. Teall Sports & Entertainment, Dec. 15, 2020, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina firm's launch of RevelXP; 11. WholeHogSports, Oct. 6, 2025, Arkansas ends its relationship with Blueprint Sports

What he took instead

3%

New fee on concessions, the “Student-Athlete Scholarship Enhancement Fee.”

21. Sports Illustrated, November 2024, the concessions fee

2

Reseatings of Baum-Walker in four years. The most recent was announced after the annual donation deadline had passed.

Donors who would have increased their giving because of this could have used that increase toward better football and basketball seats too. They never got the chance.

June 18, 2026
Razorback Foundation email dated June 18 with the subject Payment Due. A graphic reads Annual Fund Payment, Due 6/30. The body says the 2026 Annual Fund pledge payment is due by June 30, and that to retain any tickets for the 2026-27 season the member must be up to date on donation payments.
August 21, 2026
Razorback Baseball email dated August 21 with the subject Reseating Plan ahead of the 2027 Season. A cardinal banner reads Baum-Walker Stadium Reseating Plan, above the greeting Dear Razorback Foundation Member.

The deadline passed on June 30. The reseating was announced on August 21.

See the full email
Opening paragraphs of the August 21 email, thanking Foundation members and describing a commitment to invest in the future of the program ahead of the 2027 season.
Paragraph of the August 21 email stating that Baum-Walker Stadium will undergo a comprehensive reseating process prior to the 2027 season, along with 18 new loge boxes along the third-base line, followed by the start of a list of what the reseating process will do.
Bullet points of the August 21 email: current season ticket holders can retain their ticket quantity provided they meet the new membership level requirement for that quantity; additional opportunities for Foundation members to secure season tickets; enhanced Annual Fund revenue; and support for all 19 sports programs.
Closing of the August 21 email, signed by Hunter Yurachek, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics, and Ryan White, Executive Director, Razorback Foundation.

25. Pig Trail Nation, August 2026, the Baum-Walker reseating announcement

$20M

Raised from the Bud Walton Arena reseating plan.

4. CBS Sports, September 2026, on the Georgia loss, the reseatings and the trustees' review

$8.8M

Raised from the Baum-Walker reseating in its first 20 days, per Yurachek on Sept. 10, 2026.

27. WholeHogSports, Sept. 10, 2026, the Baum-Walker reseating total and the Springdale luncheon remarks

He can raise money. He just keeps raising it from you.

Every one of these arrived during what Best of Arkansas Sports has called the worst 15-year stretch in the program's 132-year history.

The outlet's characterization, not a computed statistic. 33. Best of Arkansas Sports, Sept. 21, 2026, Silverfield's offseason fundraising, the All In Fund restriction, and the outlet's description of the worst 15-year stretch in the program's 132-year history

Culture

We're not a school with a team.

We're a state with a team.

No NFL franchise. No NBA team. No MLB team.

30 years

Kevin Trainor spent three decades at the University of Arkansas. He was let go in June 2025. He now works for the Arkansas Alumni Association.

  • Chief public relations officer
  • FOIA coordinator
  • Sport administrator for baseball

Former Razorbacks David Bazzel and Joe Kleine and former sports information director Rick Schaeffer all publicly criticized the decision.

37. Best of Arkansas Sports, June 2025, reaction to Kevin Trainor's dismissal; 38. Arkansas Times, July 25, 2025, Kevin Trainor joins the Arkansas Alumni Association

The decision came as the department reduced staff ahead of revenue sharing. 39. WholeHogSports, June 27, 2025, the department's staff reductions

2025

Pieces of Arkansas athletics history have been stored in a unit in Rogers, not on public display.

David Bazzel, 2025. 40. David Bazzel, Little Rock Touchdown Club, Nov. 10, 2025, on video

2026

Razorback Stadium opens a new Trophy Room and a reimagined All-American Alley honoring more than 65 first-team All-Americans.

University of Arkansas, 2026. 41. The Arkansas Traveler, 2026, Razorback Stadium upgrades including the Trophy Room and All-American Alley

The full segment, two minutes and thirty-seven seconds: Little Rock Touchdown Club Founder, David Bazzel, on November 10, 2025, on the pieces of Razorback history in a storage unit in Rogers. Full video at this moment.

Raising resources is the athletic director's job.

75% Ryan Silverfield First-year head football coach

Told The Athletic he spent roughly 75% of his first offseason fundraising. He has also said the 2026 roster payroll was set before he arrived.

32. WholeHogSports, Sept. 21, 2026, Ryan Silverfield on resources and fundraising; 33. Best of Arkansas Sports, Sept. 21, 2026, Silverfield's offseason fundraising, the All In Fund restriction, and the outlet's description of the worst 15-year stretch in the program's 132-year history

Dave Van Horn Head baseball coach, on the previous year's roster
“We didn't have the resources, bottom line.”

Reporting credits this year's turnaround to Van Horn handling the fundraising himself.

34. WholeHogSports, June 25, 2026, Dave Van Horn on the previous roster's resources; 35. Best of Arkansas Sports, June 2026, Van Horn and the transfer portal turnaround

Ryan Silverfield, press conference, Fayetteville, August 31, 2026, on the gameday changes he made after arriving: donors told him the in-game experience had to improve, he made a list, sat down with the department's gameday staff to go through the playlist, the lights and the sound system, and met with gameday parking about getting people through the gates faster. “We've never had a head coach do that.” Press play. Three minutes and twenty-eight seconds. Full video at this moment. 36. Ryan Silverfield, press conference, Aug. 31, 2026, on the gameday changes, on video from 26:04 to 29:32

Gameday is the athletic director's job too.

Fans and donors complained about the gameday experience for years. It took a first-year head coach to change it.

COMMUNICATION

March 28, 2024 Hunter Yurachek in a red Arkansas polo, holding two yellow rails on a bus and looking over his shoulder. Large white text across the frame reads: You're still here?!

A frame from the infamous video Hunter Yurachek posted on March 28, 2024, captioned “You're still here?!” The post was part of a coordinated departmental campaign that did not involve men's basketball.

Hunter Yurachek, March 28, 2024. 42. Frame from the video Hunter Yurachek posted March 28, 2024, captioned “You're still here?!”, archived on this site

April 1, 2024

Hunter Yurachek random appearance on the 1 Star Recruits Podcast, April 1, 2024, explaining his infamous Eric Musselman video. From the 40-second mark to the end.

1 Star Recruits Podcast, April 1, 2024. 43. 1 Star Recruits Podcast, April 1, 2024, Hunter Yurachek on Eric Musselman, on video from the 40-second mark

November 25, 2025

Hunter Yurachek, chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee, in a televised interview with ESPN's Rece Davis on the November 25, 2025 rankings show. Eight seconds.

CFP, November 25, 2025. 44. CFP, Nov. 25, 2025 rankings show, ESPN's Rece Davis with College Football Playoff selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek, on video at the clip

Declined

DECLINED

* Recently retired as athletic director.

In the club's 22-year history, Hunter Yurachek is the first Arkansas athletic director to decline the invitation.

49. Best of Arkansas Sports, Aug. 14, 2026, Yurachek and the Little Rock Touchdown Club; 50. Razorbackers, Aug. 15, 2026, Yurachek's Touchdown Club absence; 51. David Bazzel, Little Rock Touchdown Club press conference, Aug. 13, 2026, on video

Little Rock Touchdown Club Founder, David Bazzel, press conference on August 13, 2026 announcing the speaker lineup for the year. Fifty-three seconds. Full video at this moment.

Ryan Silverfield opened the club's 2026 series on August 24. The first-year head coach went to Little Rock. His boss didn't.

Yurachek rarely speaks with media.

On September 23, 2026, he sat for an interview with Brett McMurphy, a national reporter, published by On3 behind a paywall. He had declined the Little Rock Touchdown Club in August.

In that interview, on where he has fallen short:

“Where I think we have fallen short is making the work inside the building more visible so our fans, our community, understands the changes we've made, significant changes, to build a modernized, successful and sustainable program.”
Hunter Yurachek, to Brett McMurphy, On3, September 23, 2026. 29. Brett McMurphy, On3, September 23, 2026. Subscription required.; 30. Sports Illustrated, Sept. 23, 2026, the McMurphy interview, with Yurachek's remarks quoted in full

He would not stand in front of Arkansas fans. He would not talk to Arkansas writers. He told a national reporter, behind a paywall, that he has not been transparent enough with the fan base.

29. Brett McMurphy, On3, September 23, 2026. Subscription required.; 30. Sports Illustrated, Sept. 23, 2026, the McMurphy interview, with Yurachek's remarks quoted in full; 31. Southwest Times Record, Sept. 23, 2026, Jackson Fuller on the McMurphy interview, via Yahoo Sports

None of this had to happen.

There's no bad luck in it, no bad break, nothing that took a genius to see coming.

It's the basics, and Hunter Yurachek can't do the basics.

Fire Hunter Yurachek.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the athletic department, the university, published reporting, or the athletic director's own words. The sources are below.

  1. Arkansas football season records, Sports-Referencehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/
  2. Arkansas 2026 schedule and results, Sports-Referencehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/2026-schedule.html
  3. University of Arkansas, year-by-year football results, 1894 through 2025https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/year-by-year-football-results/
  4. CBS Sports, September 2026, on the Georgia loss, the reseatings and the trustees' reviewhttps://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/arkansas-blowout-georgia-nil-issues/
  5. Arkansas Times, Nov. 11, 2019, the Chad Morris buyout termshttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/11/11/the-chad-morris-buyout-terms
  6. WholeHogSports, Sept. 29, 2025, department finances after the firingshttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2025/sep/29/arkansas-football-finances-under-the-microscope-after-firings/
  7. KARK, September 2026, on The Athletic's roster budget report of Sept. 16, 2026https://www.kark.com/pig-trail-nation/report-says-arkansas-has-cheapest-football-roster-budget-in-sec/
  8. Coverage of Hunter Yurachek's Sept. 15, 2025 Little Rock Touchdown Club remarks, including budget figureshttps://www.aol.com/articles/arkansas-ad-hunter-yurachek-implies-160351453.html
  9. WholeHogSports, June 25, 2026, the value of the CommunityAmerica naming-rights dealhttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2026/jun/25/arkansas-football-stadium-naming-rights-deal-community-america-razorback-stadium-value/
  10. Southwest Times Record, June 24, 2026, the new stadium naming-rights dealhttps://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/sec/2026/06/24/arkansas-announce-new-naming-rights-deal-for-football-stadium/90665131007/
  11. WholeHogSports, Oct. 6, 2025, Arkansas ends its relationship with Blueprint Sportshttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2025/oct/06/arkansas-athletics-ending-relationship-with-blueprint-sports-parent-company-of-arkansas-edge-nil-collective/
  12. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Aug. 12, 2023, Hunter Yurachek, “Save college sports”https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/aug/12/save-college-sports/
  13. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Metallica at Razorback Stadium, May 2027https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/metallica-rocking-razorback-stadium-in-may-2027/
  14. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, 2022, Garth Brooks at Razorback Stadiumhttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/garth-brooks-set-to-play-dwrrs/
  15. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, 2026, Post Malone and Jelly Roll at Razorback Stadiumhttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/post-malone-jelly-roll-bringing-big-ass-stadium-tour-part-2-to-razorback-stadium/
  16. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Jan. 30, 2026, the Oak View Group partnershiphttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/university-of-arkansas-selects-oak-view-group-for-event-bookings-at-razorback-stadium-bud-walton-arena/
  17. 40/29 News, 2026, the Walmart associates celebration at Bud Walton Arenahttps://www.4029tv.com/article/2026-walmart-associates-celebration/71499888
  18. Burnt Orange Nation, Dec. 20, 2018, Texas and Oak View Group agree on a campus arenahttps://www.burntorangenation.com/basketball/2018/12/20/18150656/the-university-of-texas-oak-view-group-agree-build-world-class-on-campus-arena
  19. Lexington Herald-Leader, 2021, Kentucky's 2018 partnership with Oak View Grouphttps://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article253879998.html
  20. Knoxville News Sentinel, June 9, 2021, Tennessee's partnership with Oak View Grouphttps://www.knoxnews.com/story/money/business/journal/2021/06/09/knoxville-jobs-area-professionals-getting-promotions-and-awards/5023475001/
  21. Sports Illustrated, November 2024, the concessions feehttps://www.si.com/college/arkansas/men-s-basketball/yurachek-razorbacks-fans-ole-miss-carter-tickets-revenue-sharing-sec
  22. WLTX, September 2022, LED lights debut at Williams-Brice Stadiumhttps://www.wltx.com/article/sports/led-lights-display-williams-brice-stadium/101-e171ce1b-7e58-4b88-96e0-a7a62340a4d3
  23. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, July 24, 2026, the Razorback Stadium lighting systemhttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/razorback-stadium-adding-upgraded-lighting-system/
  24. NBC Sports, 2019, Alabama's LED lighting at Bryant-Denny Stadiumhttps://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/alabama-upgrades-to-led-lighting-at-bryant-denny-stadium-ahead-of-2019-campaign
  25. Pig Trail Nation, August 2026, the Baum-Walker reseating announcementhttps://www.nwahomepage.com/sports/pig-trail-nation/baum-walker-stadium-announces-reseating-plan/
  26. Best of Arkansas Sports, 2022, Hunter Yurachek's contract termshttps://www.bestofarkansassports.com/razorbacks-hunter-yurachek-gus-malzahn-new-salary/
  27. WholeHogSports, Sept. 10, 2026, the Baum-Walker reseating total and the Springdale luncheon remarkshttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2026/sep/10/arkansas-baseball-reseating-has-netted-88-million-in-new-funds-ad-hunter-yurachek-says/
  28. Hunter Yurachek, Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Sept. 10, 2026, on video at the quotehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D--hm3NeAS4&t=1381
  29. Brett McMurphy, On3, September 23, 2026. Subscription required.https://www.on3.com/news/arkansas-may-have-a-football-problem-firing-hunter-yurachek-now-could-create-a-bigger-one/
  30. Sports Illustrated, Sept. 23, 2026, the McMurphy interview, with Yurachek's remarks quoted in fullhttps://www.si.com/college/arkansas/football/hunter-yurachek-admits-he-was-slow-to-adapt-to-new-era-of-college-football
  31. Southwest Times Record, Sept. 23, 2026, Jackson Fuller on the McMurphy interview, via Yahoo Sportshttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/arkansas-athletic-director-hunter-yurachek-152534060.html
  32. WholeHogSports, Sept. 21, 2026, Ryan Silverfield on resources and fundraisinghttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2026/sep/21/arkansas-football-notebook-ryan-silverfield-says-we-do-have-the-resources-to-be-competitive/
  33. Best of Arkansas Sports, Sept. 21, 2026, Silverfield's offseason fundraising, the All In Fund restriction, and the outlet's description of the worst 15-year stretch in the program's 132-year historyhttps://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-football-key-money-metric-engine-rattling-tulsa/
  34. WholeHogSports, June 25, 2026, Dave Van Horn on the previous roster's resourceshttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2026/jun/25/arkansas-baseball-coach-dave-van-horn-talks-offseason-additions-looming-draft/
  35. Best of Arkansas Sports, June 2026, Van Horn and the transfer portal turnaroundhttps://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-baseball-transfer-portal-dave-van-horn-tennessee-camp/
  36. Ryan Silverfield, press conference, Aug. 31, 2026, on the gameday changes, on video from 26:04 to 29:32https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYbbgT3drg&t=1564
  37. Best of Arkansas Sports, June 2025, reaction to Kevin Trainor's dismissalhttps://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-football-letting-go-kevin-trainor-harder-to-stomach/
  38. Arkansas Times, July 25, 2025, Kevin Trainor joins the Arkansas Alumni Associationhttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/07/25/30-year-razorback-athletics-vet-takes-new-role-with-ua-alumni-association-following-staff-cuts
  39. WholeHogSports, June 27, 2025, the department's staff reductionshttps://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2025/jun/27/arkansas-athletics-department-makes-staff-cuts-in-preparation-for-major-changes-with-revenue-sharing/
  40. David Bazzel, Little Rock Touchdown Club, Nov. 10, 2025, on videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYpJqsUhxg&t=4470
  41. The Arkansas Traveler, 2026, Razorback Stadium upgrades including the Trophy Room and All-American Alleyhttps://www.uatrav.com/sports/arkansas-unveils-stadium-upgrades-ahead-of-2026-season/article_bf5e4a2b-b76b-4c4c-87fc-d6d52860e815.html
  42. Frame from the video Hunter Yurachek posted March 28, 2024, captioned “You're still here?!”, archived on this siteevidence/2024-03-28_youre_still_here.jpg
  43. 1 Star Recruits Podcast, April 1, 2024, Hunter Yurachek on Eric Musselman, on video from the 40-second markhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNhY_YqMqiA&t=40
  44. CFP, Nov. 25, 2025 rankings show, ESPN's Rece Davis with College Football Playoff selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek, on video at the cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHLReCrcHP4&t=23
  45. Hunter Yurachek, Little Rock Touchdown Club, Sept. 15, 2025, on video at the quotehttps://www.youtube.com/live/8YjFuGIhJiA?t=4016
  46. Hunter Yurachek, press conference, Sept. 29, 2025, on video at the quotehttps://www.youtube.com/live/z60gPJAIZ6o?t=1223
  47. Sports Illustrated, September 2026, on the Dec. 4, 2025 introductory press conferencehttps://www.si.com/college/arkansas/football/despite-yurachek-saying-otherwise-hogs-aren-t-close-to-top-half-of-sec-in-roster-spending
  48. Hunter Yurachek, Ryan Silverfield's introductory press conference, Dec. 4, 2025, on video at the quotehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvuwLfWCSpQ&t=134
  49. Best of Arkansas Sports, Aug. 14, 2026, Yurachek and the Little Rock Touchdown Clubhttps://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-football-hunter-yurachek-little-rock-touchdown-club-best-interests/
  50. Razorbackers, Aug. 15, 2026, Yurachek's Touchdown Club absencehttps://razorbackers.com/hunter-yurachek-little-rock-touchdown-club-absence
  51. David Bazzel, Little Rock Touchdown Club press conference, Aug. 13, 2026, on videohttps://www.youtube.com/live/oYRq79lOqt4?t=1626
  52. Razorback Raffle, official winners page, completed jackpots for every drawhttps://razorbackraffle.com/winners
  53. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, May 2025, the Razorback Raffle launchhttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/razorback-foundation-launches-razorback-raffle/
  54. Arkansas Razorbacks on Facebook, May 2025, the first raffle's $282,000 jackpothttps://www.facebook.com/ArkansasRazorbacks/posts/-new-razorback-raffle-alert-raffle-open-now-until-400pm-on-sunday-this-raffle-wi/1103836265116562/
  55. Arkansas Razorbacks on X, June 2025, the Super Regional raffle's $191,855 jackpothttps://x.com/ArkRazorbacks/status/1931824425432653917
  56. Sports Illustrated, 2025, the raffle ahead of the final baseball serieshttps://www.si.com/college/arkansas/hogs-news/razorback-raffle-goes-live-ahead-of-final-baseball-series-of-school-year
  57. Razorbackers, 2024, Saracen's proposed raffle and the NIL collectivehttps://razorbackers.com/nil-game-changer-or-just-hype-pros-cons-razorback-raffle
  58. Sports Illustrated, Feb. 16, 2025, the House Rules Committee hearing on the first raffle bill, HB 1044, including Yurachek's testimonyhttps://www.si.com/college/arkansas/hogs-news/casino-exec-positive-about-arkansas-nil-despite-turbulent-day
  59. Arkansas Times, March 6, 2025, HB 1634, the Arkansas Sports Raffle Act, passes the Househttps://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/sports-raffle-bill-passes-through-house
  60. Talk Business & Politics, July 17, 2022, Arkansas names RevelXP its gameday hospitality partnerhttps://talkbusiness.net/2022/07/ua-names-revelxp-hospitality-partner-for-football-gameday/
  61. ArkansasRazorbacks.com, Victory Village, the tailgating program coordinated by Intents Party Rentalshttps://arkansasrazorbacks.com/victory-village/
  62. Intents Party Rentals, Fayetteville, Arkansashttps://party-intents.com/
  63. Teall Sports & Entertainment, Dec. 15, 2020, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina firm's launch of RevelXPhttps://www.teallse.com/teall-capital-revolutionize-premium-game-event-day-experiences-launch-revelxp-acquisition-colonnade-group/