Arkansas athletic department loses to lieutenant, Yurachek’s right-hand man
Jon Fagg had been with the Arkansas athletic department since 2008. Since that time, he helped oversee a pair of football turnarounds and watched several other Hogs sports grow into perennial powerhouses.
No more, as he was named Texas-Arlington athletic director earlier this week.
Fagg was the deputy athletic director academics, integrity and student-athlete development at Arkansas. Before his time in Fayetteville, Fagg worked at North Carolina, overseeing basketball and football.
“Can’t begin to thank [the Razorbacks and the UA] enough for the incredible honor to serve the department, university, NWA & the GREAT state of Arkansas!” Fagg wrote on Twitter. “My family & I will be forever grateful for the opportunity given to be a part of this incredible thing called Razorback Nation!”
The native Hawaiian is most publicly known for being on the three-person search committee that helped bring former Arkansas assistant coach Sam Pittman back to the Razorbacks as head coach in late 2019.
Fagg also worked for the Big South Conference, Fresno State, Arizona, Davidson and Mars Hill College.
