Arkansas football hired Chad Morris to recruit Texas, score points, and win. In four words, Arkansas hired Morris to change the direction of Arkansas football. Chad Morris is the thirty-third Arkansas football head coach, agreeing to 3.5 million dollar a

Why Arkansas football bet on Chad Morris

CLEMSON, SC - OCTOBER 11: Arkansas football head coach and then Offensive Coordinator Chad Morris of the Clemson Tigers looks on during warm ups prior to the game against the Louisville Cardinals at Memorial Stadium on October 11, 2014 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images) /

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Arkansas football head coach Chad Morris

CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 29: New Arkansas football coach Chad Morris and Dabo Swinney look on . (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images) /

The secret Texas recruiting sauce.

Bret Bielema came to Arkansas football from distant Wisconsin. While his new Arkansas neighbors found him likeable, he wasn’t from around there.

Not so Morris.

When hired by SMU, Morris said, “I’m a Texas high school football coach. That’s who I am. I think that Texas high school football coaches do it the right way.”

“I’m a Texas high school football coach. That’s who I am.”

Morris is a native Texan and attended Texas A&M. He spent 16 years as a high school coach in Texas compiling a 169–38 record. He eventually went 32-0 to win a pair of state titles in his only two seasons at Austin’s Lake Travis High School.

Morris is less than a decade removed from the fraternity of Texas high school coaches, and it seems certain he will successfully recruit in Texas.

What will Morris do with the talent he amasses? Score points.

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