Arkansas head women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors and the University of Arkansas have signed a new agreement aimed at securing Coach Neighbors’ leadership of the Razorback women’s basketball program through the 2028 season. Neighbors’ previous agreement was set to expire following the 2023 season. His new agreement extends his tenure through at least the 2026
Goldwire returns to Arkansas WBB staff
Head Coach Mike Neighbors filled Arkansas’ assistant coach vacancy with a familiar face, as Lacey Goldwire was named to the position on Monday, May 17. It will be Goldwire’s second stint on the Hill, as she also served on Neighbors’ staff for the first two seasons of his tenure as the head coach at Arkansas
Arkansas’s Early-Season Efficiency
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks are one of the few teams that have gotten off to a great start considering all of the turmoil surrounding this unusual season. Mike Neighbors’s Razorbacks are 7-1 and have played the most games of any team ranked in the Top 25. Statistically speaking, the Hogs are in rhythm, scoring 93.3 points per game while competing against two top-15 teams.
BREAKING: Mike Neighbors Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Arkansas
University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long has announced the hiring of Mike Neighbors as the ninth coach in Arkansas women’s basketball history on Monday. Neighbors returns to his alma mater after four seasons as the head coach at the University of Washington where he led the Huskies to their first-ever
BREAKING: Jimmy Dykes Resigns as Head Women’s Basketball at Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jimmy Dykes quit Friday as Arkansas’ women’s basketball coach after compiling a 16-36 record against Southeastern Conference foes over three seasons. Arkansas was 43-49 under Dykes and made the NCAA Tournament only once, in his first season. The former ESPN basketball analyst had never coached the women’s game, and had last
Arkansas Hires Assistant
Tommy Deffebaugh joins the University of Arkansas women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Jimmy Dykes announced today. Deffebaugh brings 21 years of basketball coaching experience from a wide variety of institutions to the Razorback bench. He has worked for 15 years as an assistant coach at University of South Florida, Western Michigan
Arkansas extends Dykes’ contract through 2020 season
The University of Arkansas has extended the agreement of women’s basketball coach Jimmy Dykes by adding two years to his contract which now runs through March 2020, it was announced by Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long on Thursday. In his first season as the Razorbacks’ head coach, Dykes guided Arkansas to an