Arkansas Has Had a Dollar General Store Coach for Long Enough. That Stigma Needs to Change.
Timing is everything. Poll most Razorback fans about the timing of Sam Pittman’s changing agents and asking for a bigger salary and you will be hard pressed to find an overwhelmingly positive response. Granted, Pittman is paid well below the SEC average base salary. Only ahead of South Carolina’s Shane Beamer (who also overachieved in 2021) and probably Vandy’s Clark Lea (that amount is unpublished since Vanderbilt is private).
Big dollars weren’t always so important to Pittman. He reportedly said “yes” without asking what the contract paid. His current 5-year, $15 million contract was littered with incentive-based clauses which kicked in with the Hogs successful 2021 season. The Hogs’ regular season earned Pittman a $750,000 bonus with those eight wins in the books. Pittman has been nationally recognized for his “affordable” base salary and agreeing to all those incentives.
He…
