For the past few days there have been rumors of Randy Shannon leaving his new job at Arkansas to take the defensive coordinator position at East Carolina University.
This morning, sources are telling Jim Harris that newly hired Razorbacks wide receivers coach George McDonald is leaving for the offensive coordinator spot at Syracuse. His buyout of $50,000 is prorated, meaning he will owe the University of Arkansas about $46,000.
UPDATE: Jim Harris told Justin Acri and Pat Bradley of 103.7 The Buzz that you cannot blame McDonald for making the move to take a coordinator job that was available to him at Syracuse, that was not available to him at Arkansas. Harris also said it is to be expected that good coaches, such as McDonald, will be courted by and occasionally leave for other opportunities, should they have dreams of becoming head coaches in the future.
[tweet https://twitter.com/jimharris360/status/291200361212030976]Pete Roussel of CoachingSearch.com reports McDonald has officially resigned.
[tweet https://twitter.com/coachingsearch/status/291210292296310784]And to put short-tenured coaches in perspective, two weeks in, Roussel tweets:
[tweet https://twitter.com/coachingsearch/status/291211823221469184]Regarding Shannon, Jim says:
[tweet https://twitter.com/jimharris360/status/291206783924588544]It was just a few weeks ago that Bret Bielema’s staff was arguably the best since the days of Frank Broyles. We will keep this post updated as events we are tracking occur.
And here is McDonald’s biography from the day he was named wide receivers coach for the Razorbacks.