Smith, who had held the same position at Kansas State since 2009, completes Bielema's first staff at Arkansas - assuming of course that no other coaches get another job like Smith's predecessor.
This is a big one. Razorback fans were drooling at the possibility of Randy Shannon being Bobby Petrino's defensive coordinator, and now he's going to be Bret Bielema's linebackers coach.
Arkansas' new head coach Bret Bielema has quite the track record when it comes to recruiting and developing players. Will he learn to recruit the SEC way and sway talents like Altee Tenpenny?
The Bilema hire is fantastic, but Long showed out again. Per ususal, He got his guy and won the hiring game; how he did it was all the more impressive.
The coaching search speculation is finally over and Bret Bielema is the new head coach at the University of Arkansas. It's time to nitpick all of the details on the new head hog!
Mike Fiammetta from Wisconsin's SB Nation site took time out to answer some questions regarding his team's former coach, and Razorback Nation's new one. Consider this your first of many crash courses on Bret Bielema.
