331: Remy Cofield: Navigating the New Era of NIL
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In this episode of The Hog Pod, we sit down with Arkansas Deputy AD and General Manager Remy Cofield to break down what it really means to build a roster in the new era of college athletics. From NIL and revenue sharing to roster strategy and resource allocation, Cofield explains how Arkansas is navigating a rapidly changing landscape. Drawing on his experience with the Boston Celtics, he shares how a front office approach is helping position the Razorbacks to compete in the SEC and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Hogg fans, it's Bo Mattingly. |
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| 0:34.7 | I think having built a system that can operate in this this a day and age if if I can leave my |
| 0:40.9 | seat somebody can come in and have the blueprint for how Arkansas wants to operate and be in |
| 0:46.0 | this space and I feel like I did at least a good enough job for the university right |
| 0:51.3 | in the athletic department leaving this space one day better than I found it, right? |
| 0:58.0 | Processing from where we were in NIL when it first started to now the revenue sharing and having a whole process in place now |
| 1:07.0 | and is it working to the level that it needs to work. I think if we've done those things, I feel like I would have done my job at the highest level. |
| 1:26.4 | Welcome into the hog pot. I'm Beaumtingly and this episode is made possible by our friends |
| 1:31.3 | at the Toasted Yoke and South by Northwest Hospitality. From the front office of an NBA champion |
| 1:42.7 | to the forefront of a new era in college athletics. |
| 1:46.8 | Remy Cofield spent more than a decade with the Boston Celtics, |
| 1:50.3 | helping build rosters, evaluate talent, and shape a championship organization. |
| 1:55.7 | Now he's bringing that same vision to Arkansas as Deputy A.D. and General Manager. |
| 2:01.6 | It's ever evolving. I think when I first came on, it was mostly trying to deal with the revenue sharing and how we distribute those contracts and negotiations and dealing with families and players and agents. |
| 2:12.6 | And what it's evolved into is now going before that process and looking at what are these marketing deals look like. |
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