Ken Hatfield

Ken Hatfield was the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks for six seasons from 1984-1989. He was the immediate successor to the legendary Lou Holtz, who had succeeded the equally legendary Frank Broyles. Hatfield had played for Broyles during his college career and worked under him at Arkansas, where Broyles remained as the athletic director.

Hatfield’s teams reached bowl games in all six of his seasons at Arkansas but compiled just a 1-5 record in those games. Four of his six teams finished ranked in the final Associated Press poll of that season. Hatfield led Arkansas to back-to-back Southwest Conference titled in 1988-89, going 20-4 in that time including 14-1 against conference opponents. However, due to a sour relationship with Broyles as a result of his hands-on approach as A.D., he left Arkansas to become the head coach of Clemson after the 1989 season. He was 55-17-1 as coach of the Razorbacks.

Hatfield also worked in the SEC as an assistant at the University of Florida in the 1970’s, and worked as a head coach at Rice, Clemson and Air Force.