FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville appears to have missed out on a top-shelf candidate for the school's athletics director's job.
Sources with knowledge of the search said Arkansas reached out to gauge the interest of Texas Tech Athletics Director Kirby Hocutt and was told he would remain in Lubbock, Texas.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal cited a Texas Tech source on Wednesday as saying "He'll be here. He's not going anywhere," in reference to Hocutt's potential candidacy for the job.
Hocutt, 46, succeeded former Arkansas Athletics Director Jeff Long as chairman of the College Football Playoff Committee last season. Long and Hocutt, who worked on the same athletic department staff at Oklahoma in 2001-02, are both on the CFP committee.
The Razorbacks are looking to find a permanent replacement for Long, who was fired by Chancellor Joe Steinmetz on Nov. 15. Interim Athletics Director Julie Cromer Peoples is heading the search for a head football coach to replace Bret Bielema, who was fired last Friday.