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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

119. Hunter Yurachek: Navigating a Pandemic

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Heading into the 2020-21 school year, no one even knew if college sports were going to be a thing. But universities found a way to safely allow their student-athletes to compete in the sports they love. Arkansas excelled in that area: Despite millions in revenue loss and the safety concerns that came with the pandemic, the Razorbacks were successful both on and off the playing field.

We sat down with Arkansas Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek to break down how Arkansas navigated a global pandemic and achieved unprecedented success along the way.

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0:00.0

Do you remember the class on what happens if there's a worldwide pandemic?

0:05.0

That was not in the leadership or director of athletics manual,

0:09.0

nor in any of my sport administrator master's classes at the University of Richmond.

0:13.6

There's not a playbook for what we went through. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this is the second of a two-part

0:30.8

series featuring Arkansas Athletics Director Hunter Urochett.

0:34.0

In episode one we discussed the unprecedented success of the athletic department

0:39.0

that spanned the 2020 and 2021 school year.

0:42.0

Now in part two, what it was like 2020 and 2021 school year.

0:42.6

Now in part two, what it was like managing and leading

0:46.6

through a global pandemic.

0:48.7

And it's all presented by our friends

0:50.4

at First Security Bank, Saracen Resort, Lindsay Golf, and Abilita Maria.

0:55.8

For Razorback Athletics, it was an unprecedented year of success,

1:04.1

winning 10 conference titles, a national championship,

1:07.8

and eight top 10 finishes across the board.

1:10.8

The Arkansas Razorbacks are not just SEC regular season champions.

1:16.0

But for the first time in program history they are the champions of the SEC tournament.

1:22.0

And it all happened

1:24.4

amidst a global pandemic.

1:26.2

Multiple outlets reporting Sunday

1:28.4

that commissioners of the Power Five Leagues

1:30.7

held an emergency meeting with leaders of the big ten schools leaning

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