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.

Steve Caldwell - Defensive Ends

Steve Caldwell was named defensive ends coach at the University of Arkansas on January 6, 2010.
Caldwell most recently spent 14 seasons at Tennessee. The Vols defense was ranked in the top four among league schools in total defense 10 times while he was at Tennessee and UT's defensive unit led the SEC in fewest rushing yards allowed three times during the span. In 2008, the unit ranked first in the league and tied for third nationally in total defense allowing 263.5 yards per game. In 2005, Caldwell helped spark the Vols defense to the best rushing average allowed in the SEC (82.5), which ranked second nationally.
A dean's list student himself at Arkansas State, Caldwell played four years of football for the Indians as a defensive end and linebacker.
His first taste of coaching came over three seasons at his alma mater, from 1978-80. From Jonesboro, Caldwell moved on to Northwest Mississippi Community College, where he coached the offensive line for four seasons and was part of a national championship team in 1982.
He then came back to Arkansas State, coaching linebackers under head coach Larry Lacewell during a notable period of success for the Indians. Arkansas State advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals three straight seasons from 1985-87, including a 1986 squad that finished 12-2-1 and lost in the national championship game. The Indians' only other blemishes that season were a loss to Mississippi State and a tie against Ole Miss.
Caldwell's 1985 linebacking unit helped Arkansas State lead Division I-AA in total defense with an average of only 258.8 yards per game.
Subsequent jobs took him to Tennessee, Pacific and Nevada, the latter school as co-defensive coordinator for the 1994 Big West Conference champions. Caldwell coached briefly at Mississippi before accepting Fulmer's offer to join the Vols.

Kris Cinkovich - Wide Receivers

Kris Cinkovich was named wide receivers coach at the University of Arkansas on January 6, 2010.
Cinkovich spent the previous six seasons at UNLV where he helped build the wide receivers unit into one of the strongest units in the nation.
Cinkovich came to UNLV from Las Vegas High School, where he oversaw the Wildcats for nine seasons, building one of the state's top programs en route to compiling a record of 79-24. In 1995, he took LVHS to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years and in 2001 brought the school its first state championship since 1959.
Cinkovich's squads won three regional titles and were ranked among the best on the West Coast three times by USA TODAY.
Cinkovich was a graduate assistant coach at UNLV in charge of running backs on Jim Strong's 1991 Rebel staff before moving to Green Valley High School as offensive coordinator for three seasons.
Prior to becoming joining the UNLV staff in 1991, Cinkovich was the wide receivers coach in 1990 and also served as the offensive coordinator at Carroll College from 1987-89. He started his career coaching linebackers at Central Washington in 1986. Cinkovich was an offensive lineman who played collegiately at Spokane Falls Community College in 1979 and 1980 and Carroll College in 1981 and 1982. While at Carroll, he was on an offensive line that blocked for Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino, who played quarterback from 1979-82.
A 1984 graduate of Carroll College in Helena, Mont., Cinkovich earned his master's degree from Central Washington in 1987.

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.

Chris Klenakis - Offensive Line

Chris Klenakis was named to the Razorback football staff as an assistant coach for the offensive line on January 15, 2010. Klenakis has 19 years of Division I experience and came to Arkansas from Nevada where he was at the helm of the "Pistol" offense that had prolific production and a powerful running game led by the offensive line for the last six seasons
Fourteen offensive linemen coached by Klenakis have gone on to the NFL.
Prior to his most recent stint at Nevada as offensive coordinator, Klenakis held the responsibility for three years at Southern Mississippi (2000-02) and one at Central Missouri (2003).
Klenakis helped Central Missouri finish the 2003 campaign with a record of 9-2 and a share of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title for the first time since 1988 with a 7-2 league mark. Central ranked second among all NCAA Division II schools in scoring offense (41.5 ppg) and was 25th in rushing offense.
While at Southern Mississippi, he helped the Golden Eagles set eight offensive school records and advance to a pair of bowl games (the GMAC Mobile Bowl in 2000 and the Houston Bowl in 2002).
From 1990-99, Klenakis was an assistant coach at Nevada, serving as offensive coordinator from 1997-99. Under his guidance, Nevada set 24 NCAA records and annually ranked among the national leaders in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense. Klenakis helped lead the Wolf Pack to Big Sky Conference titles in 1990 and 1991 and an NCAA I-AA national runner-up finish in 1990. He then helped lead the Wolf Pack to five Big West Championships, and to three Las Vegas Bowl appearances.
Klenakis was a two-time Nevada High School Coach of the Year while leading Churchill County High to a three year record of 21-9.
He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and History from Carroll College in 1986, where he was a four-year letterwinner as an outside linebacker. In 1992, he completed his Master's of Exercise Physiology at Nevada.

Garrick McGee - Offensive Coordinator

Former Northwestern University offensive coordinator Garrick McGee joined the Razorback staff as quarterbacks coach in 2008. He became the offensive coordinator on December 14, 2009. 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.

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.

John L. Smith - Special Teams Coordinator

John L. Smith was named special teams coordinator at the University of Arkansas on January 16, 2009.
Smith has 36 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 18 years as a head coach. With his addition to the Razorback staff, Smith and Petrino have worked together on the same coaching staff at four different schools (Idaho, Utah State, Louisville and Arkansas).
As a head coach, Smith posted a 132-86 overall record and produced six conference champions (two Conference USA, two Big West and two Big Sky). Twelve of his 18 teams participated in postseason play. Smith is one of 19 coaches in collegiate football history to take three different schools to a bowl game.
From 2003-06 Smith was the head coach at Michigan State where he led the Spartans to a 22-26 overall record. He was named the Big 10 Coach of the Year in 2003 by posting the most wins by a first-year head coach in school history with an 8-4 record.
Prior to Michigan State, Smith spent five seasons at Louisville (1998-2002) where he led the Cardinals to then unprecedented success. He posted a 41-21 record, including five-straight bowl appearances and back-to-back Conference USA titles in 2000-01.
Smith spent three seasons as head coach at Utah State prior to Louisville. He finished with a 16-18 record in three seasons after taking over a program that had produced only two winning seasons in the previous 15 years. Smith led the Aggies to consecutive Big West crowns in 1996-97. In 1997, Utah State earned a trip to the Humanitarian Bowl marking the second bowl appearance for the school since 1961.
Smith arrived at Utah State following six seasons at the University of Idaho where he became the winningest coach in school history. His six-year mark of 53-21 at Idaho included a 34-11 Big Sky Conference record and five postseason appearances.
Before becoming a head coach, Smith spent two years as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Washington State (1987-88) where he served under Dennis Erickson. He was also Erickson's defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Wyoming during the 1986 season. Smith began his first stint at Idaho in 1982 where he again served as Erickson's defensive coordinator and assistant head coach for four years (1982-85).
Smith's coaching experience includes stops at Nevada (1977-81) and Montana (1972-76). He began his coaching career in 1971 as a graduate assistant at Weber State.
A linebacker and a quarterback at Weber State, Smith earned Big Sky Conference scholar-athlete honors in 1971-72. He received his undergraduate degree in physical education with a minor in math in 1971. Smith earned a master's of science degree in physical education from the University of Montana in 1974.