Arkansas Coach Pelphrey Out

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tweeted by Cecil Hurt  


Just updated

John Pelphrey was fired as the head basketball coach at Arkansas on Sunday, ending a rocky four-year career at the school.

Pelphrey learned of his fate during an end of the season meeting with Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long Sunday morning. He is expected to meet with the team this afternoon before the school officially announces the coaching change. Long is expected to hold a press conference tonight but released a statement on the firing.

“After a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of our men’s basketball program, including an assessment of the overall student-athlete experience within our program, it is clear that we have not made the progress over the last four years that is necessary to return Razorback Basketball to a place of national relevance.” Long said. “As a program, our initial goals are to challenge for Southeastern Conference championships, compete in the NCAA Tournament and support our student-athletes in the pursuit of a degree. Our program’s tradition demonstrates those goals are certainly attainable at the University of Arkansas.

“The University of Arkansas has a proud tradition in basketball including playing in one of college basketball’s best arenas, Bud Walton Arena, and in front of the nation’s most passionate fans. It is because of this passion that we seek to elevate our program on and off the court.”

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[SUPERCOACH]

This could make the front page when we get some more details.

[BAMAWV]

Good catch.

[MDB Tide Roll]

Press conference is scheduled for tonight after he meets with team.  Guessing there won't be much more until then.

[SUPERCOACH]

I just saw the article in the link.  I just assumed that was a link to the tweet.  If you want to pull some quotes from that article I will put it on the blog and give you the +5.

[MDB Tide Roll]

They just updated the story again, it's now official with the University releasing a statement.

[SUPERCOACH]

Nice job.  Thanks.

[Toxik76]

They'll have Mike Anderson hired within the end of the week BOOK IT!!!

[pmull]

Pelphrey is a nice guy. Not a good coach. I am not surprised they let him go. The ARK program was not moving forward. I would be surprised if Anderson is not hired as soon as the MO season is finished.

[cbbama99]

Pelphrey probably needed to go, but I am a little surprised that it happened. The sports talk shows in Mobile were talking about this the other day, and they had the radio voice for the Hogs on. He seemed to think that CJP would be given another season to right the ship, citing a good recruiting class coming in. I guess the the dropping attendance and fan complaints proved too much.

[ricky023]

I don't have the link but I see they are after Mike Davis to come there from Mizzou. RTR!

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