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Arkansas Football: It’s time to go get Gus Malzahn from Auburn

By Matthew Bartlett

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 02: Head coach Gus Malzahn of the Auburn Tigers on the field prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 2, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 02: Head coach Gus Malzahn of the Auburn Tigers on the field prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 2, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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The loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship game is one more reason for Arkansas football to hope that they can lure Gus Malzahn away from the Tigers.

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When the confetti fell at the SEC Championship game Guz Malzahn was not smiling. After big wins over Alabama and Georgia, Auburn fell 28-7 to Georgia in the game that mattered most. The expectations at Auburn are still set at championship levels, and a not-so-close loss in the conference title game won’t cut it for Auburn fans. That leaves Malzahn with a lot of things to think about.

Malzahn played wide receiver for the University of Arkansas. After college he began his coaching career at Hughes High School in Arkansas. He spent 15 years at the high school level before making the jump to the next level as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Arkansas. He spent a year as the head coach at Arkansas State in 2012 before becoming the head coach at Auburn in 2013.

Up until now Malzahn has spent 20 of his 26 seasons of coaching in the state of Arkansas. He’s called the head coaching job at Arkansas his dream job. The Razorbacks must capitalize on this opportunity. The expectations at Arkansas will be far more manageable and the offer it would take to get him to leave Auburn would be significant. But it’s possible.

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When Jimbo Fisher made the decision to head west to Texas A&M and leave Florida State he set a new precedent. Arkansas might not be perceived as a “better” job than Auburn by anyone else in the world. All that matters is what Malzahn thinks. So Arkansas better make the best pitch they can.

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