Could reported Arkansas AD hire spark connection to Lane Kiffin?

Arkansas may have just made a move to get itself closer to Lane Kiffin — if it wants to be.

The Razorbacks’ hiring of Hunter Yurachek as athletic director on Monday apparently provides a close connection with the Florida Atlantic coach.

Yurachek, who served as Houston’s athletic director before stepping into the same role at Arkansas, reportedly nearly hired Kiffin last year as the Cougars head coach before it was nixed by the school’s board of regents.

Dan Wolken of USA TODAY Sports wrote this piece just about a year ago detailing Houston’s intention to bring Kiffin aboard.

At the time, it seemed Kiffin to Houston was close to a done deal — and Yurachek had plenty to do with that.

Could he make a similar move to get Kiffin to Fayetteville? And, would Arkansas’ top officials sign off on it?

That remains to be seen, but it certainly seems like an interesting possibility as of Monday.

Just landing to the news about Arkansas hiring Hunter Yurachek as new AD. Does this put Lane Kiffin in play? Houston was reportedly close to hiring Kiffin last year before the regents said no……

— Jason Kersey (@jasonkersey) December 4, 2017

New Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek nearly hired Lane Kiffin at Houston last year, but may have been overruled by school regents: https://t.co/NiBoMZovGu

— Adam Ford (@AdamFord92) December 4, 2017

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.