Bobby Allen - Defensive Tackles

Bobby Allen, who was co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach in 2000 moved to the Defensive Line for 2001 and back to inside linebackers for 2002. He moved to the secondary for 2003 and cornerbacks for 2005. He had the title of co-defensive coordinator in 1998 then was elevated to the defensive coordinator's position for the 2000 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl. With Allen coordinating the effort, Arkansas held Texas to a Cotton Bowl record minus 27 yards rushing in the Razorbacks' 27-6 victory. The Hogs sacked Longhorn quarterbacks eight times. It was a season high for quarterback sacks for the Razorbacks.The 1999 season was another solid one for Arkansas' inside linebackers. Jamel Harris finished as the Hogs' second leading tackler with 77 stops and Quenton Caver was third with 70. Senior Delancey Kent, who had played little during his first three years, stepped up and made 40 tackles. Harris, Caver and Kent combined to make 187 tackles, seven more than Allen's four-man rotation made in 1998. That was quite an accomplishment considering J.J. Jones, a starter, was injured early in the season and missed the last nine games. He has been granted a medical hardship and will return in 2000. The Cotton Bowl was Allen's third bowl game as a coach and fourth overall. He played in the 1980 Peach Bowl while at Virginia Tech and was an assistant coach for Minnesota at the 1985 Independence Bowl and for Arkansas at the 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl.

Kirk Botkin - Defensive Ends / Special Teams Coordinator

Former Razorback tight end Kirk Botkin returned to Fayetteville as the defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator in 2008. Botkin was a four-year letterman for the Razorbacks from 1990-93, and finished his career with 87 receptions for 819 yards and five touchdowns. He earned All-SEC honors as both a junior and a senior and served as a team captain in 1993. Botkin is also a member of the Razorbacks 1990-99 All-Decade Team.
Botkin joins Petrino's staff after two seasons (2006-07) coaching the linebackers and special teams at Louisiana-Monroe. Prior to his coaching stint at ULM, Botkin spent five years (2001-05) as an assistant at Jacksonville [Ala.] State University under former Razorback coach Jack Crowe. His final two years at Jacksonville State were spent as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach. Botkin coached tight ends and offensive tackles during his first three years at JSU.

Tim Horton - Running Backs / Tight Ends / Recruiting Coordinator

Tim Horton was named running backs coach at the University of Arkansas on July 18, 2007.
Horton is came to Arkansas from Air Force where he was hired last January as the Falcons' offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. He spent one season as the running backs coach at Kansas State in 2006 helping the Wildcats to a Texas Bowl appearance.
During his first tenure at Air Force from 1999-2005, Horton coached receivers for six years and running backs for one. He mentored former Falcon standouts Matt Farmer, Ryan Fleming, Alec Messerall and Jason Brown. Horton was honored by the Colorado Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as one of its coaches of the year in 2004.
Horton received his coaching start at Appalachian State in 1990 and helped guide the Mountaineers to a 67-32 record during his eight-year tenure that included Southern Conference titles in 1991 and 1995 and five appearances in the Division I-AA playoffs.
From 1990-92, Horton coached Appalachian State's receivers and tight ends before taking over as the Mountaineers' running backs coach in 1993. He also served as the program's recruiting coordinator.
A graduate of the University of Arkansas, Horton earned his bachelor's degree in marketing management in 1990. While at Arkansas, he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter as a split end and punt returner for the Razorbacks under head coach Ken Hatfield. He caught 49 passes for 942 yards and one touchdown in his career, including hauling in 23 catches for 453 yards as a senior in 1989. Horton returned 78 punts for 657 yards in his collegiate career.
Horton's four years at Arkansas proved to be among the most successful in school history as the Razorbacks compiled a 38-11 record, won back-to-back Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989 and appeared in four straight bowl games. In fact, Horton's graduating class remains tied for the school record for the most wins in a four-year period.
A two-time academic all-conference selection, Horton was a second-team all-conference selection in 1989 and served as the Razorbacks' team captain that season. In high school, Horton was a two-time all-state running back at Conway (Ark.) High School.
Horton and his wife, Lauren, have one daughter, Caroline, and one son, Jackson. Horton is the son of former Arkansas player, Razorback assistant coach, UCA head coach and current Razorback Foundation vice-president Harold Horton. His father lettered for the Razorbacks in 1960-61 and served on Coach Frank Broyles coaching staff from 1968-80.

Reggie Johnson - Linebackers

Reggie Johnson joined the Razorback staff in 2008 after five years on the Louisville sidelines with four of those seasons coaching under Petrino. After tutoring the Cardinals' linebackers for the past four seasons, Johnson will handle the same responsibilities for the Razorbacks.
Johnson's linebackers excelled for the Cardinals with Lamar Myles leading the team with 128 tackles in 2007 after finishing second on the team in tackles in 2006. UL's 2006 leading tackler, Nate Harris, signed with the Kansas City Chiefs following his career. Johnson's tutelage also helped Robert McCune get drafted in the fifth round in 2005 by the Washington Redskins. Johnson coached the Louisville defensive line in 2003.
Johnson's coaching career began as a defensive graduate assistant at Louisville for the 1997 season. He moved on to Alabama A&M where he coached the defensive line (1998-99) before coaching the linebackers and coordinating the special teams (2000). Johnson then moved on to UTEP, coaching defensive ends (2001) and linebackers (2002) on Coach Gary Nord's staff.

Garrick McGee - Quarterbacks

Former Northwestern University offensive coordinator Garrick McGee joined the Razorback staff as quarterbacks coach in 2008. McGee spent four seasons (2004-07) on Pat Fitzgerald's Wildcat staff, including the last two as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of Northwestern's spread attack.
McGee's 2007 Wildcat offense ranked 11th nationally and led the Big 10 in passing with 307.9 yards per game and 31st nationally and first in the Big Ten in total offense with 427.7 yards per game. He spent his first two years at Northwestern as the wide receivers coach. His 2005 wide receivers corps had three wideouts with 100 or more career receptions ­ a first in NU history.
After quarterbacking the Oklahoma Sooners in 1994-95, McGee had coaching stints at Langston [Okla.] University (1996-98), Northern Iowa (1999), the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL (2000-01), Toledo (2002) and UNLV (2003) before joining the Northwestern staff.

Bobby Petrino - Head Coach

Former Atlanta Falcons and University of Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino was named head football coach at the University of Arkansas on December 11, 2007.
Petrino's distinguished coaching career of 25 years includes collegiate experience at Arizona State University, the University of Nevada, Utah State University, Auburn University and the University of Louisville as well as tenures with both the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League.
Prior to his most recent tenure as the head coach of the Falcons, Petrino enjoyed four ultra-successful seasons (2003-06) at Louisville. His teams posted a combined record of 41-9 in his tenure.
In 2006, Petrino guided the Cardinals to a 12-1 record, including a 24-13 win over No. 12 Wake Forest in the BCS FedEx Orange Bowl. Louisville finished with a final No. 6 national ranking in the Associated Press poll, the highest ranking in school history. The Cardinals won their first Big East Conference title, ranked second in the nation in total yards (484.6 yards per game) and fourth in the nation in scoring offense (37.8 points per game).
His 2004 Louisville team went 11-1, won the Conference USA championship and beat No. 10 Boise State in the Liberty Bowl, 44-40, to end the season ranked No. 7. The Cardinals led the nation in total offense (539.0) and scoring offense (49.7), and set an NCAA record by scoring 50 or more points in five-straight games.
Petrino was named the head coach at Louisville in 2003 after working as the offensive coordinator at Auburn in 2002. In his one season with the Tigers, Auburn went 9-4 and led the Southeastern Conference in pass efficiency and third down conversions, and was third in scoring, rushing and total offense. Auburn beat Penn State in the Capital One Bowl that season, 13-9.
Before going to Auburn, he spent three seasons in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the quarterbacks coach in 1999 and 2000, and the offensive coordinator in 2001.
In his first stint at Louisville, he was the offensive coordinator for the Cardinals in 1998. In that one season, Louisville was the top-ranked NCAA Division I-A team in scoring and total offense while recording the biggest turnaround in the nation. The Cardinals improved from 1-10 in 1997 to 7-5 in '98.
The Helena, Mont., native was the offensive coordinator at Utah State for three years (1995-97) before going to Louisville. While in Logan, Utah, he helped Utah State set a school record by averaging 468.5 yards of total offense during the 1996 season.
In 1994, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Nevada. The Wolfpack ranked second in the nation in passing (330) and total offense (500) per game, and was third in the nation with 37.6 points a game.
In 1992 and '93, he was the quarterbacks coach at Arizona State where he assisted in the development of future All-American and NFL star Jake Plummer.
Prior to his two years at Arizona State he was the quarterbacks coach (1989) and offensive coordinator (1990 & 1991) in three seasons at the University of Idaho. He was the wide receivers coach at Weber State in 1987 and '88.
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Carroll College in 1983 and then moved to Weber State as a graduate assistant and quarterbacks coach in 1984. He went back to Carroll College in Helena, Mont., as offensive coordinator in 1985 and '86. Carroll had the top-ranked offense in the NAIA ranks in both of his seasons on the staff.
Petrino earned a bachelor's degree in physical education with a minor in mathematics from Carroll, where he played quarterback and twice earned NAIA All-America honors. He led the Fighting Saints to three straight Frontier Conference championships and was named the league's most valuable player in 1981 and 1982. U of A Coaching Records. Yearly coaching records.

Paul Petrino - Offensive Coordinator

Paul Petrino joined the coaching staff at Arkansas as offensive coordinator on December 14, 2007.
The younger Petrino coached with his brother at Louisville and this year with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He served as the Falcons' receivers coach.
Prior to joining the Falcons, Paul Petrino worked the four previous years as offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Louisville. His teams at Louisville averaged 41.1 points a game over his four seasons, including 34.6 in 2003, 49.8 in 2004, 43.3 in 2005 and 37.8 in 2006. He has 17 years of collegiate coaching experience in addition to spending this year in the NFL.
Petrino began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Carroll College in his hometown of Helena, Mont. He worked for his father, Bob, Sr., at Carroll in 1990 and 1991.
He moved to Idaho for the next three years (1992-94) where he coached receivers (1993-94), running backs (1992) and special teams.
He moved to Utah State for the next three seasons (1995-97) as receivers coach and special teams coordinator.
In 1998, he went to Louisville for two years and his first stint on the Cardinal staff. As receivers coach and special teams coordinator, Louisville was 7-5 in 1998 and '99 and earned bowl bids both seasons.
From 2000-02, he was the quarterbacks coach at Southern Mississippi. In his three seasons, the Golden Eagles went 8-4, 6-5 and 7-6 with two bowl bids.
Born in Butte, Mont., on May 25, 1967, he was a four-year starter at quarterback for his father at Carroll College from 1985-88. He set 16 school records and earned Kodak All-America honors and was named the Football Gazette NAIA Division II Player of the Year as a senior. In his four seasons, Carroll was 36-6 and won four Frontier Conference titles.

Willy Robinson - Defensive Coordinator / Safeties

Willy Robinson was named defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Arkansas on February 6, 2008.
Robinson is a 30-year coaching veteran including stints as a defensive coordinator in both college and professional football. He has 18 years of experience at the collegiate level and has spent 12 years as an assistant coach in the National Football League. Last season, he was the secondary coach for the St. Louis Rams.
The defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers in 2004, he was the secondary coach for the St. Louis Rams in 2006-07. He was the senior defensive assistant and secondary coach in New Orleans in 2005 after coaching the defensive backs for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2000-03. He was also the secondary coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1995-98.
In 1999, he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Oregon State, where he coached the Pacific 10 Conference's top scoring and pass efficiency units.
Robinson coached the secondary at the University of Miami before going with head coach Dennis Erickson to Seattle. Robinson also coached with Erickson at Oregon State and in San Francisco.
Before going to Miami, Robinson spent 14 years at Fresno State, his alma mater, under head coach Jim Sweeney. At Fresno, he coached the secondary (1980-86), outside linebackers (1987-89) and later the secondary again along with handling special teams (1990). In 1988, he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and then served as the sole defensive coordinator in 1992-93 before going to Miami for the 1994 season. Miami played for a national championship against Nebraska in the 1995 Orange Bowl.
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Fresno State in 1978 and earned his first full-time position the following season as outside linebackers coach at San Jose State.
The Fort Carson, Colo., native played two seasons (1975-76) at the College of the Sequoias (Calif.) before transferring to Fresno State, where he played defensive back in 1977-78 and earned first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference honors as a junior and second-team honors as a senior.

Mike Summers - Offensive Line

Mike Summers is a veteran offensive line coach that spent 28 years in the collegiate ranks before coaching the Atlanta Falcons' offensive front in 2007. Summers went to Atlanta with Petrino from Louisville where he guided the Cardinals offensive line from 2003-06.
Summers developed six All-Big East offensive linemen during his four years at Louisville. The Cardinals led the nation in total offense (539.0 yards per game) and in scoring offense (49.75 points per game) in 2004. In 2006, the offensive line provided balanced protection for an offense that ranked second in the nation with an average of 476.8 yards of total offense per game.
Summers joined Petrino in 2003 after coaching two years at Ohio where his Bobcat line cleared the way for 239.8 yards per game in 2002 (8th nationally) and 240.1 yards per game in 2001 (6th nationally). His resume also includes stints at Oklahoma State (1999-2000), the University of the South (1997-99), Oregon State (1991-96) where he was the offensive coordinator for five years, Northern Illinois (1985-90), Texas A&M (1982-84) and Kentucky (1979-81).

Lorenzo Ward - Secondary

Lorenzo Ward spent seven years on Frank Beamer's staff at Virginia Tech and one year as an NFL assistant with the Oakland Raiders before coming to Arkansas to coach the Hogs' secondary in 2008.
Ward coached the defensive backfield at Virginia Tech from 1999-2005 where he coached five All-Big East players and one All-ACC performer. His 1999 defense at Tech finished third nationally in total defense and seventh in pass efficiency defense. The 2000 defense was No. 3 nationally in interceptions while the 2001 defense ranked No. 2 in total defense. In 2002, the Hokies led the country in interceptions with 24 and then ranked fourth in the nation in pass defense and interceptions in 2004. In his final season in Blacksburg, Tech led the nation in total defense while ranking third in pass defense and second in pass efficiency defense.
Ward joined Art Shells' staff with the Oakland Raiders in 2006 and served as a defensive assistant in the Silver and Blacks' secondary.