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Until Saturday: A show about college football

Interview: New Arkansas Head Coach Sam Pittman

Until Saturday: A show about college football

The Athletic

News, Football, Sports, Sports News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Andy Staples is joined by new Arkansas Head Coach Sam Pittman. Coach Pittman tells the story about accepting the job without knowing the terms, shares his offensive philosophy and explains why former Mizzou coach Barry Odom was his first call to be defensive coordinator.

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Music Hi, this is Andy Staples and welcome to the show.

0:50.6

We'll get to our interview with new Arkansas coach Sam Pittman in just a minute. But I wanted to let you know if you're not already a subscriber to the show. We'll get to our interview with new Arkansas coach Sam Pitman in just a minute,

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go ahead and sign up. You get 40% off your first year. And now it's time for the show. Sam Pittman,

1:53.3

former offensive line coach. You and I, we probably didn't think about him being a potential

1:58.1

head coach. But guess what? He was thinking about it the

2:02.2

whole time. One of the best offensive line coaches in the country didn't want to be just put in that

2:08.6

box. And now he's the head coach at Arkansas. Had a great conversation with Coach Pittman.

2:15.0

You're going to learn a lot about him. And who knows, if you're nice

2:19.2

enough to him, he also may come and build your kids a point. Let's talk with San Pitman.

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