Arkansas hires Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield as next head coach, report says

Arkansas Razorbacks Pulled the trigger on selecting its next head football coach Sunday after the team's disastrous 2025 season ended with a 14-point loss to Missouri.

Arkansas has agreed to make Ryan Silverfield its next head coach. ESPN reports this..

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Silverfield will come from Memphis Tigers where he spent six years. He took the Memphis job before the 2020 season and led the Tigers to four bowl games, all of which he won.

The Tigers didn't have a great year, but they managed to win eight games and reach No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25. He also led the Tigers to two 10-win seasons, the most since Mike Norvell was head coach at Memphis.

He will be responsible for the resurgence of the Razorbacks.

Memphis Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield and defensive lineman Jalen Bell (93) run onto the field before a game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on Oct. 4, 2025. (Wesley Hale/Imagn Images)

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Arkansas fired Sam Pittman after five games this season. The team replaced him with Bobby Petrino, but the Razorbacks didn't win a game with him. Pittman was with Arkansas from 2020-25. His school was ranked eighth in the 2021 AP poll as they finished with nine wins. But the team left from there.

The Razorbacks haven't won at least 10 games since 2011 under Petrino. But his stay in Arkansas ended in scandal.

Memphis Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield and linebacker DeMarco Ward (31) celebrate a second-half touchdown against the Chattanooga Mox at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on August 30, 2025. (Wesley Hale/Imagn Images)

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Silverfield will become Arkansas' fifth head coach following Petrino's tenure from 2008-11.

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