Zenarae Antoine - Assistant Coach (Ladyback basketball)

Zenarae Antoine joined the University of Arkansas women's basketball coaching staff on April 6, 2007.
Antoine was the recruiting coordinator at Louisville, and guided the Cardinals to nationally-ranked recruiting classes her four seasons at UL. Her last two recruiting classes were No. 26 for 2006 and No. 25 for 2007.
At Arkansas, Antoine will serve as the recruiting coordinator for the Lady'Backs, and will work with post players. In addition, Antoine serves as the academic liaison for the basketball staff.
Prior to Louisville, Antoine spent two seasons as an assistant at Ohio University where she was responsible for recruiting for the Bobcats. Antoine also has one season as an assistant for College of Charleston.
Antoine received her master's from Ohio where her coaching career began as a graduate assistant.
During her playing career at Colorado State, Antoine was a three-year starter for the Rams. She played her senior season for Collen as CSU went 24-6 and reached the NCAA second round during his first season as head coach.
Working with posts and guards during her coaching career, Antoine was an anchor in the middle for CSU during her playing days. She finished her career third in blocked shots and seventh in rebounding. She also ranks high for single season rebounds and blocked shots. During her career, CSU had two league titles and two NCAA appearances.
Married to Wofford College assistant football coach Ronald Antoine, the native of Katy, Texas, earned her bachelor's degree from CSU in 1998; her master's at Ohio in 2000.

Isaac Brown - Assistant Basketball Coach

Isaac Brown, who has 10 years of collegiate coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and junior college levels, joined the staff at Arkansas in May 2007. He spent the previous five years (02-07) at South Alabama.
Brown began his coaching career at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Miss., in 1997. After two years, we went to his hometown school as an assistant at Pascagoula (Miss.) High School. Following one season, he moved back into the junior college ranks at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Fla. At OWCC, he recruited and coached Kedric Brown, who in 2001 became the first junior college player selected as an NBA lottery pick. Fifteen OWCC players signed Division I scholarships while Brown was on the staff.
Brown earned his bachelor's in health and physical education from Louisiana-Monroe in 1995. He played two years at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (1989-90), spent one season at Texas A&M (1991), transferred to ULM and sat out the 1992 season before helping his team win the 1993 Southland Conference title at 17-1, finish 27-4 overall and earn an NCAA Tournament bid.

Todd Butler - Hitting Coach / Recruiting Coordinator, Baseball

Former McNeese State head coach and Alabama assistant Todd Butler joined the Arkansas staff as the Razorbacks hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator on July 1, 2005.
Butler came to Arkansas after eight years as an assistant coach for the Crimson Tide and three seasons as the head coach at his alma mater McNeese State. He was an assistant coach at Alabama from 1995-2000, helping the Tide to three College World Series appearances and four SEC Tournament Championships. He served as the Crimson Tide's hitting coach and outfield coach in his first stint in Tuscaloosa.
In 2001, Butler took over the reigns of the McNeese State program and guided the Cowboys to a 90-83 (.520) record in three seasons. He led McNeese State to a Southland Tournament Championship and a trip to the NCAA Houston Regional in 2003.
Butler returned to Alabama in the summer of 2003 and has served as the team's recruiting coordinator, hitting instructor, infield coach and first base coach for the past two seasons. In 2004, the Crimson Tide returned to the NCAA Tournament with a berth in the NCAA New Orleans Regional.
As a recruiting coordinator, Butler has been responsible for some of the nation's top recruiting classes over the past 10 years. In his first stint at Alabama, the Tide recorded three consecutive Top 10 classes, including the 1999 class that was rated No. 4 in the country. Since his return, the Crimson Tide's 2005 freshman class was ranked 10th by Baseball America.
Butler also helped put together some of Alabama's best offensive clubs. His 1997 Alabama team led the NCAA in four offensive categories, including runs scored (679), hits (860) and total bases (1,571).
Butler was an assistant coach on Tony Robichaux's (now at Louisiana-Lafayette) staff at McNeese State (1993-94) prior to going to Alabama. He also served as an assistant coach at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas, in 1992.
He was a two-year letterman at McNeese State from 1985-86 before playing his final two seasons at the University of Oklahoma in 1987-88. He served as a student-assistant coach at McNeese State from 1990-91. He earned his bachelor's degree in liberal studies at McNeese State in 1991.

Tom Collen - Head Coach, Ladyback Basketball

Tom Collen was hired at Louisville in March of 2003 after five seasons at Colorado State and came back to Arkansas in March 2007.
While at Colorado State, Collen compiled an impressive 129-33 (.796) record in his five seasons with the Rams. Collen served as the head coach of the Rams from 1997-2002. His 1998-99 squad finished with a 33-3 record and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
In his five seasons at CSU, the Rams made five postseason appearances, four NCAA Tournament appearances and his 1999-2000 squad advanced to the semifinals of the WNIT. The Rams were WAC regular season champions in 1998 and 1999. In 2001, they were crowned Mountain West Tournament Champions and were 2002 Mountain West Champions of the regular season.
Collen was named WAC Coach of the Year in 1999 as well as WBCA District Coach of the Year, Women's Basketball Journal National Coach of the Year, and Women's Basketball News Service Coach of the Year. He earned Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2002.
On February 3, 2001, Collen recorded his 100th career win with a 55-54 victory over San Diego State. Collen became the fifth fastest active Division I coach to reach 100 wins when he did so in his 125th game.
Collen joined the Rams after coaching at the University of Arkansas for four seasons. There he served as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to associate head coach during the summer of 1995. In addition to continuing as defensive coordinator and national recruiting contact, he assumed more responsibility for day-to-day operations.
One of Collen's strengths as a coach is the ability to recruit some of the top players in the country. This year, he signed the 65th best player in the country according to the All Star Girls Report, in Joy Jenkins out of Aurora, Colorado. During his first season at Arkansas, his national recruiting helped deliver one of the nation's top 15 freshman classes. In 1994, he repeated his efforts and signed a class ranked in the top 10. At Colorado State, Collen's freshman class from last season ranked as high as sixth in recruitment ranking.
At Arkansas, he was named defensive coordinator and initiated an up-tempo pressing style that put Arkansas at or near the top of every defensive category in the Southeastern Conference.
But for all his efforts at Arkansas, Collen's most valuable contributions still came in the recruiting area. Instrumental in signing SEC Freshman of the Year Christy Smith, he also helped sign two Parade All-Americans in Tennille Adams and Shaka Massey.
Collen is a proven winner. In his 16 seasons as a collegiate women's assistant coach, his teams never posted a losing record and at Colorado State as head coach he has amassed at least 20 victories all four years. Overall, the teams he served as an assistant posted a .695 winning percentage (329-144) with 10 post-season appearances and as a head coach he has an 80-19 overall record, which equates to an .808 winning percentage.
Prior to Arkansas, Collen spent seven seasons at Purdue, primarily recruiting, coordinating defense and promoting the program in the state of Indiana.
While at Purdue, the Boilermakers made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, twice reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 1990 and 1992. Purdue was ranked as high as third in the Associated Press basketball poll in 1991.
Among Collen's notable recruits prior to Arkansas are a pair of Kodak All-Americans: Joy Holmes, who led Purdue to the 1991 Big 10 championship and MaChelle Joseph, who was named Big 10 Player of the Year.
Prior to Purdue, Collen was an assistant coach for three seasons at the University of Utah from 1984-86. The Utes made post-season trips to the WNIT and NCAA in his three seasons, posting a combined record of 56-32.
He started his collegiate career at Miami (Ohio) in 1982, assisting the Red Hawks to a pair of conference championships and a berth to the AIAW Sweet 16 in 1982.
Before collegiate coaching, Collen was a high school coach for several sports in Logan, Ohio.
A 1977 graduate of Bowling Green with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education, Collen earned a pair of master's degrees from Miami in health education in 1982 and in recreational programming in 1983. Yearly coaching records.

Greg Collins - Assistant Coach (Ladyback basketball)

Greg Collins comes to Arkansas (April 17, 2007) after five seasons with the Louisville women's basketball staff.
Collins joined U of L after serving as an assistant athletic director and assistant coach at DuPont Manual High School in Louisville. Along with his assistant athletic director duties, he was the junior varsity head coach and the assistant varsity coach.
From 2000-03 Collins served as the head of the Derek Smith All-Stars AAU team. In his three seasons with the Derek Smith All-Stars, his teams produced 20 Kentucky All-Stars and three Miss Kentucky Basketball winners. The Derek Smith All-Stars were one of the Top 15 adidas programs nationally and 16 players earned Division I scholarships.
Prior to his stint at Manual High School, Collins was a varsity assistant at North Bullitt High School. He also developed the North Bullitt Swoosh AAU program.
Collins, a Louisville native and University of Louisville graduate, earned his bachelor's degree in marketing in 1988. He completed his master's degree in business education at Louisville in 1994
Collins also contributes to the Five Star Basketball play and drill books. Most recently he served as an advance scout for the WNBA's New York Liberty.

Tim Eatman - Associate Head Coach, Ladyback Basketball

Honored by national basketball publications as one of the top recruiters in women's basketball, Eatman brings a reputation for developing talent and tenacious defense to the University of Arkansas.
Eatman registered the nation's top recruiting class in 1994 while at Iowa, one of five times his recruiting resulted in a top 10 class. During his career, Eatman has a total of 11 top 30 recruiting classes for five different Division I schools.
Eatman spent two seasons with Marian Washington at Kansas before arriving at Louisville in 2004.
It was Eatman's second tour with the Jayhawks, joining Washington's staff after serving as the head man for four seasons at Illinois-Chicago.
Eatman arrived at Kansas for the first time in 1996, and landed the nation's No. 6 recruiting class in his second year. He backed it up with another No. 6 class in 1998, and added a third-ranked class in 2003. On the court, he worked with players that led Kansas to the Big 12 Championship in 1997 and reached the Sweet 16 in 1998.
Working with another coaching legend before Kansas, Eatman was an assistant coach for then Iowa head coach C. Vivian Stringer. With the Hawkeyes, Eatman also had the nation's top recruiting class in 1994, and was honored by Lindy's Magazine as one of the top young recruiters in women's basketball.
Prior to Iowa, Eatman spent a season at Houston from 1992-93, and the Cougars' 1992 class as rated No. 4 in the country. Eatman also has experience in the SEC, spending one season as an assistant at Mississippi State (91-92).
A 1988 graduate of Talladega College with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, Eatman started his college coaching career as the head coach at his alma mater. Turning the team into a winner in his first season, Eatman led the Tornadoes to a 20-9 season in his second year with Talladega. Yearly coaching records.

Rob Evans - Assistant Basketball Coach

Rob Evans, a former Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year, joined head coach John Pelphrey's staff at Arkansas as an assistant coach on April 19, 2007.
Evans was the head coach at Ole Miss from 1993-98 and at Arizona State from 1999-2006. He rebuilt both programs, leading Ole Miss to consecutive SEC Western Division titles and NCAA Tournament bids, and guiding Arizona State to post-season tournament appearances in three of his last five years.
The Hobbs, N.M., native was a collegiate assistant for 24 years before taking over the Ole Miss program. He was an assistant to Eddie Sutton at Oklahoma State in 1991 and 1992 after spending 15 years as an assistant at Texas Tech (1976-90) and seven under Lou Henson at New Mexico State (1969-75), his alma mater.
He helped the Aggies earn four NCAA Tournament bids in seven years with a trip to the Final Four in 1970. While an assistant at NMSU, he also coached the freshman teams to a combined record of 90-15.
Evans was named SEC Coach of the Year and CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year in 1997.
As a player, he was the first All-American at Lubbock (Texas) Christian College after averaging 19.8 points in 1966. Named team captain, he was also all-conference and all-region.
At New Mexico State, he captained the 1967 Aggies to a 15-11 record and the 1968 squad to a 23-6 mark. NMSU made the NCAA Tournament both years.
A former baseball star as well, he was drafted out of high school by the Colt 45s, which eventually became the Houston Astros. Following college, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association and with the Oakland Raiders as a receiver. Yearly coaching records.

Clay Goodwin - Director of Baseball Operations

The Razorbacks' cornerstone at third base from 2002-05, Clay Goodwin begins his first season ('08) as Arkansas' Director of Baseball Operations for head coach Dave Van Horn and his seventh season in Cardinal and White.
Goodwin coordinates all aspects of the Razorbacks' baseball program, working closely with head coach Dave Van Horn and assistants Todd Butler and Dave Jorn.
He helps coordinate recruiting with Butler and serves as an on-campus recruiting official. Goodwin also liaisons with the compliance office to coordinate official and unofficial visits. He assists Kelly Moore in organizing team travel and is a liaison with athletic department administration. Goodwin is also in charge of ordering inventory of all equipment needs.
Goodwin spent the 2006 season as the Diamond Hogs' fifth-year student assistant coach. He assisted the UA coaching staff in running practices, day-to-day administrative duties and on game days. He helped hitting coach Todd Butler with hitting instruction while assisting with the Hogs' infield. He then served as a manager for Arkansas during the 2007 season.
Goodwin's name is littered throughout the Arkansas record book. The outstanding defensive third baseman was also known to have an effective bat. He finished his Razorback career with a .297 average, 49 doubles, 12 home runs and 127 RBI. At the end of his four years he ranked eighth in career at bats (750), tied for ninth in career hits (223) and tied for fifth in career singles (157). Goodwin appeared in 202 games as a Razorback, making 193 career starts.
He hit a team-best .332 as a sophomore and followed that with a team-leading .319 average as a junior. His run production spiked as a senior with a career-best five home runs, 17 doubles and 42 RBI. He also finished his career with a .934 fielding percentage at third base and 408 assists.

Dave Jorn - Pitching Coach, Baseball

Former Razorback assistant coach Dave Jorn was named as the new University of Arkansas pitching coach on July 8, 2002

Jorn served as the Hogs' pitching coach from 1983-88 under legendary UA skipper Norm DeBriyn.

During Jorn's time on DeBriyn's staff, Arkansas posted a record of 268-108 (.713), competed in five NCAA regionals and earned trips to the 1985 and the 1987 College World Series. Six different Razorback pitchers earned All-Southwest Conference honors during that span including Kevin Campbell ('84), Tim Deitz ('85), Bobby Edwards ('87, '88), Fred Farwell ('85), Steve Parker ('86) and Tim Peters ('87).

Van Horn and Jorn coached together on the UA staff from 1985-88. Van Horn was a graduate assistant while Jorn was in the midst of his first stint as UA's pitching coach.

Following his first stint with the Razorbacks, he pursued a career in professional baseball as both a pitching coach and a scout. His most recent assignment was as a scout with the New York Yankees.

Jorn left the Razorback program in January of 1989 to work in player development in the New York Yankees' minor league system. He was the pitching coach at class-A Prince William, Va., in the Carolina League in 1989 before serving in the same position in the class-A South Atlantic League in Greensboro, N.C., in 1990. He then spent two years (1991-92) as the pitching coach at the Yankees' class-AA affiliate in Greensboro, N.C.

He joined the New York Mets' organization in 1993 and worked with their class-A South Atlantic League affiliate in Columbia, S.C., in 1993-94. Jorn transferred to Kingsport, Tenn., to serve as pitching coach for the Mets in the class-A rookie league from 1995-96 before returning to Columbia, S.C., for the 1997 season.

In 1998, he was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks and worked as the pitching coach in Lethbridge, Ontario, Canada, in the organization's short season class-A league club in the Pioneer League. Jorn spent the next two seasons (1999-2000) with the Diamondbacks' class-A Midwest League affiliate in South Bend, Ind. He served as the pitching coach in 1999 before being elevated to the role of manager in 2000.

Jorn rejoined the Yankees' organization in 2001 as a scout covering the Midwest. He was responsible for scouting in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Following the 2001 draft, he managed the Yankees' class-A short season team playing in the New York-Penn League in Staten Island, N.Y. Since the completion of that season, he has concentrated on scouting responsibilities.

Prior to his initial tenure at Arkansas, he was the pitching coach at Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College.

Year	Team	League	Wins	Losses
2000	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest	60	78
2001	Staten Island Yankees	New York - Penn	48	28
2 yrs	Minor League Totals		108	106

Tom Ostrom - Assistant Basketball Coach

Tom Ostrom came to Arkansas in April 2007 after four seasons as an assistant coach for the University of South Alabama.
Ostrom joined the Jaguar program following seven seasons of working with coach Billy Donovan at the University of Florida. Ostrom, a Minnesota native, was elevated to assistant coach for the Gators in Spring 2002 after serving five seasons as an administrative assistant/video coordinator. He played an integral role during Florida's 2000 run to the NCAA Tournament championship game.
A 1997 University of Minnesota graduate, Ostrom served as a student manager for the Golden Gophers men's basketball team from 1989-93 following a four-year high school playing career at Bethlehem Academy in Faribault, Minn.

John Pelphrey - Head Basketball Coach

John Pelphrey, a former assistant under Billy Donovan and Eddie Sutton who as a head coach guided South Alabama to the biggest turnaround in the nation in 2005-06 and a conference championship in 2006-07, was named head basketball coach at Arkansas on April 9, 2007.
Pelphrey spent the past five years as the head coach at South Alabama. After going 14-14 in 2003, 12-16 in 2004 and 10-18 in 2005, his 2006 squad had the best turnaround in the nation, finishing 24-7. USA won the Sun Belt Conference West Division title and the tournament championship to give the Jaguars their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1998.
The Paintsville, Ky., native went to South Alabama following six seasons as an assistant under Donovan at Florida from 1997-2002. He was also an assistant under Donovan for two years at Marshall in 1995 and '96.
The 2006 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year began his coaching career as an assistant to Sutton, who he played for at Kentucky, at Oklahoma State in 1994.
Pelphrey began his coaching career following one season playing professionally in France and Spain.
He played two years under Sutton and three under Pitino at Kentucky. After redshirting in 1988, he lettered from 1989-92 and was a team captain in 1991 and '92. He averaged 1.7 points as a freshman under Sutton.
Inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame in 2005 and named UK's Student-Athlete of the Year in 1989, his jersey number (No. 34) was retired in 1992. Over his UK career, he started 90 of 114 games and finished with a career scoring average of 11.0 points.
Named Mr. Basketball in the state of Kentucky as a senior at Paintsville High in 1987, he scored 2,477 points and claimed 1,316 rebounds for his career. He led Paintsville to the semifinals of the state tournament as a senior and three times helped his team win regional titles. Yearly coaching records.

Stephen Robison - Student Assistant Coach, Baseball

Former Razorback outfielder Stephen Robison joins the Arkansas coaching staff for the 2008 season as the fifth-year student assistant for head coach Dave Van Horn. Robison will assist Van Horn and hitting and outfield coach Todd
Butler with instruction of the Hogs' offense and outfield play. Robison will help setup and run practices. He also assists UA Director of Baseball Operations Clay Goodwin with day-to-day administrative duties and will be in uniform on game days.
Robison, an outfielder and sometimes second baseman was a four-year letterman for the Razorbacks from 2004-07.
He is slated to graduate from the University of Arkansas in May of 2008 with a degree in kinesiology and minor in general business.

Aly Sartini - Assistant Softball Coach

Aly Sartini, a former All-Southeastern Conference Tournament team member for the Arkansas Razorbacks, was named assistant softball coach at Birmingham-Southern College in August of 2001. She left to return to Arkansas in July of 2004
Sartini helped lead Arkansas to three SEC tournament appearances and one NCAA Regional berth as a player. After her playing career, she remained with the program as a student assistant coach. She served the Razorback softball program as the acting director of summer camps, infield and hitting instructor and as the program's academic coordinator.

Amber Shirey - Executive Director of Operations (Ladyback basketball)

With 18 plus seasons with the Lady Razorbacks as a player and coach, Amber Nicholas Shirey has always been considered a legend by the fans. As a player, she took Arkansas to its Southwest Conference pinnacle with two championships, the 1990 NCAA West Regional Finals, and three NCAA appearances.
As a coach, she managed to wipe out her own accomplishments as the 1998 team went one step further by reaching the Final Four.
Voted by the Arkansas Lettermen's Club into the Arkansas Hall of Honor in 2002, she was honored by the University and the Southeastern Conference at the 2003 women's basketball tournament as one of the league's legend players.
The first former Lady Razorback to become a full-time coach at Arkansas, she has worked on the court with Arkansas' guards.
One of the most decorated athletes in women's history at Arkansas, Shirey was the first Lady'Back selected to receive a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She closed her career as one of two players in school history to rank on four career total lists (points, 6th; rebounds, 10th; steals, 2nd; assists, 1st).
While no longer Arkansas' all-time assist leader with 538, Shirey still holds the record for consecutive games started, 87. Twice named all-Southwest Conference, she was the MVP of the 1991 SWC tournament, leading Arkansas to the first non-Texas title. Shirey equaled her court performance in the classroom. A kinesiology major, she had over a 3.9 GPA, and twice was voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America's Academic All-America Team. She was a three-time conference academic team member.

Darren Sorenson - Administrative Assistant, Basketball

(as of 2006-07) Another staff member with head coaching experience, Darren Sorenson is entering his third year as an assistant coach.
His experience includes stints working with Lefty Driesel, Steve Lavin and Mike LaPlante, in addition to serving as head coach of a junior national team.
Sorenson joined Stan Heath's staff after working the 2002 season as the director of basketball operations at Jacksonville (Ala.) State University, where he earned his master's in general studies.
He was the director of basketball operations in 2000 at Georgia State University under Driesel where his responsibilities included travel budget, equipment budget, coordinating team travel, recruiting organization, databases for recruiting, alumni and boosters, video exchange and team scouting.
In 1999, he was the administrative assistant at UCLA under Lavin where he was part of a staff that recruited the top class in the nation. He also had responsibility for the recruiting database, creation of recruiting mail outs, video scouting, and personal and business correspondence for the head coach.
After beginning his career as the head coach at Weyerhaeuser High School, Sorenson was the head assistant coach at Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, Wis., from 1997-98. He earned his bachelor's in business administration from Mount Senario in 1995.
He also served as the head coach of the Qatar Junior National Team and as an assistant on the national team in 2001. The national team went undefeated and won the country's first championship in the Gulf Coast Countries Tournament.

Dave Van Horn - Head Baseball Coach

In 1981 Dave Van Horn was drafted out of McLennan Community College but decided to transfer to Arkansas instead of turning pro. As a Junior in 1982 he was an All-Southwest Conference infielder and the team MVP. He was selected as the SWC's Newcomer of the Year. He was then drafted in the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 draft (10th round) and spent three years playing for the Braves. He then returned to Arkansas as an Assistant Coach and was part of two Razorback College World Series Appearances (1985 and 1987). Arkansas was 184-72 and made the NCAA Regional Tournament in each of the four seasons that Van Horn assisted Coach Norm DeBriyn. Van Horn then spent five years as the head coach at Texarkana College from 1989-1993. In his first season, the Bulldogs set a school record with 39 wins. The next three years the Bulldogs surpassed that total by winning 44, 45 and 48 games, respectively. In 1992, Texarkana finished 48-10 and was first in the NJCAA Texas Eastern Conference. In 1993, Texarkana finished with a 38-18 mark. Van Horn spend the next season at Central Missouri State, posting a 51-11 record and winning the NCAA Division II National Championship. Van Horn was named the Division II Coach of the Year and was hired by Div. I Northwestern (La.) State. He was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year two of the three years he was there before he was hired by Nebraska, where he still coaches and has had more of the same success. In 2001 he took Nebraska to the College World Series and a 50-14 record and they returned to the College World Series in 2002.

Van Horn has coached his teams to an average of 41 wins a season and has won fewer than 35 games only twice in his 12 seasons as a head coach. Yearly coaching records.

2001 Baseball America Coach of the Year.

2004 Co-SEC Coach of the Year.

School	Win	Loss	Win Percentage
Texarkana Community College	214	72	74.83%
Central Missouri State	51	11	82.26%
Northwestern State	106	65	61.99%
Nebraska	214	92	69.93%
Career Totals (pre-Ark)	585	240	70.91%

Brad Welker - Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach

Brad Welker begins his first year as a volunteer assistant coach with Arkansas after spending the 2007 season in the same position at Dallas Baptist University. Welker will assist with the UA hitters as well as coaching the Hogs'
catchers. He also serves as the Razorbacks' first base coach and helps to organize and run daily practice sessions.
The 2008 season will mark Welker's fourth in collegiate coaching. He joined the Diamond Hogs' staff in July of 2007 after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Dallas Baptist during for the 2007 season. Welker worked with the outfielders and hitters during his one season with the Patriots.
He began his coaching career at Seminole [Okla.] State College in 2005 and 2006. At Seminole State he coached the hitters and infielders. He also recruited for Trojans while helping 19 players get drafted during his two years at SSC.
Welker was a four-year letterman at Gonzaga (2000, 02-04) as a middle infielder for the Bulldogs. He was a career .275 hitter while also pitching 22.1 innings for Gonzaga as a sophomore in 2002. He turned in his best season as a senior in 2004 with a .286 overall batting average with six doubles and 17 RBI, including a .386 average in West Coast Conference games.
He graduated from Gonzaga in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in history. He then earned his master's in secondary education and sports administration from East Central [Okla.] University in 2006.
Welker is the older brother of former Arkansas hurler Duke Welker, who went 7-5 for Arkansas in 2007 and was drafted in the second round by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the No. 68 overall pick in last year's MLB Draft.

Kyle White - Assistant Track & Field Coach (Sprints, Hurdles and Relays)

Former Razorback student-athlete and Texas-Arlington assistant coach Kyle White was named to the Arkansas track and field staff on July 28, 2006.
White, a native of Arlington, Texas, has 12 years of Division I coaching experience and spent the last seven seasons as an assistant under head coach John Saurhage at Texas-Arlington. During his time coaching the Mavericks' sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and relays, White's athletes earned 106 individual Southland Conference titles. He was also a member of eight men's and women's Southland Conference team championships, including the 2000-2001 women's triple crown.
Prior to his arrival in Arlington, White spent time as an assistant coach at Bucknell (1995-97), where he coached 14 Patriot League champions and was a member of four Patriot League team championships, and at East Tennessee State (1992-95), where he coached two Southern Conference champions and was a member of two Southern Conference team championships, under legendary head coach Dave Walker.
White competed on the collegiate level for the University of Arkansas (1986-89) and earned three All-Southwest Conference accolades. During his tenure with the Hog track and field program, the squad won two NCAA titles and five SWC championships.
Before his time in Fayetteville, White was a football, basketball and track and field lettermen at Arlington High School.
White received his bachelor's degree in political science from UA and went on to receive a master's degree in physical education from East Tennessee State.