Former Arkansas coach Bret Bielema in the mix for multiple open jobs, reportedly a top candidate
Former Arkansas coach Bret Bielema could be on his way back to the South if a report of his job search is true.
Steven N. Godfrey Jr. of Banner Society reported that Bielema has interviewed for multiple openings, including Southern Miss, where he’s considered a top candidate. Bielema is in his first season on the New York Giants staff after he spent the previous two seasons with the New England Patriots as a defensive assistant.
If Bielema is hired, it would be his third stop as a college head coach. Bielema went 68-24 in seven seasons at Wisconsin before he was hired at Arkansas. He finished with a 29-34 mark with the Razorbacks and was fired in November 2017.
Outside of coaching, Bielema’s name has generated headlines in recent months because of an ongoing legal battle with the Razorback Foundation.
There’s a pending lawsuit between the two sides to determine whether Bielema is due $7 million from a buyout clause. Bielema had sued the Razorback Foundation, which pays coaches’ salaries and buyouts, then the foundation countersued.
The latest chapter of the saga involved Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Bielema’s Neil Cornrich.
The Razorback Foundation has claimed, which Bielema and Cornrich take issue with, is that Bielema, Cornrich, and Belichick entered into some scheme to cause Bielema to be underpaid for his role with the Patriots, purposefully bringing harm to the Razorback Foundation.
O.K. Athletic Directors…get those contract$ ready with a BIG buyout. Anyone who hires him will be sorry. I’m sure he’ll be in high demand=not.
Bielema’s contract should have a performance clause because if not that lazy cow will just coast until he’s fired and live off his buyout. Another issue he has will be hiring competent assistant coaches but good ones know he’s lazy and full of himself. After the season instead of concentrating on recruiting he gave his staff a week off to unwind so he could go to Vegas.
That is rather harsh. Arkansas would have been better off on the field and money wise to just have let his contract run out…. which would have been this December. Then we could hire Pittman or maybe Gus would be available to come home.
Gus is never coming to Arkansas. The “Gus is coming home” conversation needs to be buried 6ft deep. SAM PITTMAN is home!
Gus couldn’t do half the job Sam has and will do. Gus needs a school like auburn that will always get double digits in 4* recruits so he can under achieve.
I dont think Arkansas would ever again, ever, consider Malzahn for anything after getting played not once but twice.
Lord, I hope you’re right.
Why would Arkansas be interested in Gus?
You must be from Springdale you love Gus that much go be an Auburn fan. Christ. The man played Ark twice to get contracts at Auburn and now Auburn is taking it where they don’t want to take it for 7 million a year.
Hindsight…we all have it but does no good.
I could never understand how Bilema could do such a good job at Wisconsin and fall flat on his face at Arkansas.
Because instead of playing lollipops like Illinois and Purdue, Bert had Alabama, LSU and Auburn. He went from the kiddie pool to the shark tank.
Exactly, he played in the weak division of the
Big 10 go look at Wisky’s schedule every year.
Auburn?! I thought Arkansas fans say Auburn is bad?! Also Gus must be bad too!
Wisconsin is a school set up very well. Arkansas needs years of TLC before they can be good.
I think Bilema gambled he could bring a Wisconsin style power O to the SEC but was never able to recruit to the model. Then he was overwhelmed by BBQ and rice.
Don’t forget the Tito’s…
Different style and got more different even from his first year. And he got pretty dang lazy first in recruiting then on the sidelines. Peaked in year two, dropped year three, faceplanted with bad recruiting classes. He was reportedly not very active on recruiting preferring to let his staff handle most of it.
And now the BB offense is a relic of the past. It’s gone. It’s in the rearview mirror.
tony…ever hear of Barry Alvarez ? He is or was the AD when Bielema was there. Barry Alvarez is also Wisconsin’s winniest head coach ever. His watchful eyes made sure that things worked well up there. That’s your answer.
They should ALL be performance clauses.
Agreed. Hunter Yurachek has made it a mission to try to change the paradigm. But athletic foundations gonna foundation, especially when Jimmy Sexton is involved. And with the established coaches, Sexton is always in the mix.
Bulemia going to Southern Miss is hilarious. Maybe Chad Morris to Vandy for 500k a year.
I think Aubie is paying him more than that. Keep him there, they love him down there just ask WDE.
Oh sure I think Morris was getting like 800k, another below the average deal like Burt to subvert the agreement. The 500k thing I read somewhere is what Southern Miss is paying for a HC. That figure came out when it was suggested Freeze might be a candidate there, much less than Liberty is paying. Burt will be nothing more than a caretaker for So. Miss..its a dead end job in a dying conference which is ranked below the Sun Belt.
Auburn fans are either neutral on or dislike Morris. He hasn’t totally bombed at Auburn like he did at Arkansas, but he hasn’t developed a real passing game like he was hired to do.
Y’all will get over that neutral part soon enough.
It all on Gus! Morris is just a Pawn for Gus.
@GreasedPig: No offense but when I see your name I think of Bielema.
How many times do some of these guys have to fail before people realize they are not head coaching material?
He was pretty good at Wisconsin and some years at Arkansas.
Did the kid from Phoenix City leave too early or was he just not going to break into the lineup? Cant remember his name.
Loser.
Arkansas, you actually won the Gus sweepstakes by not signing him. Everyone, including Greg Sankey, knows y’all beat Auburn this year. And Kentucky DID score that game-winning TD and Shaun Shivers DID touch that kick against Ole Miss. What does that make Auburn’s record? 2-6. And Chad is nothing but a homeboy buddy of Gus’. Have you actually WATCHED Bo running the offense consistently? No. Remember, he’s the backwards spiking QB. The sophomore QB. The sophomore Auburn legacy QB. Yeah, Razorbacks, y’all came away nothing but a winner.
You ok man? For a team that is so bad, you sure seem to worry about them a lot…
The guys was just Barry Alvarez’s puppet at Wisconsin. Arky should have done their homework.
The guy was just Barry Alvarez’s puppet at Wisconsin. Arky should have done their homework.
Ok..Ok..twice.