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Familiar face takes over UA football program

New head Hog John L. Smith gestures out to players on the field while coaching on the Arkansas Razorbacks sideline during a game last season. Smith, who served as Bobby Petrino's special teams coordinator for three years, was brought back to Arkansas to be the interim head coach for the 2012 season...

By TOM MURPHY

Democrat-Gazette

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long turned to a familiar face to take over a Razorbacks football program that has been without a head coach for nearly two weeks after the April 10 firing of Bobby Petrino. John L. Smith, a three-ye...

Published: 04/24/2012