As the Georgia Bulldogs pick themselves off the mat after a tough home loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide, things are going so much worse at another SEC institution. With Sam Pittman out at Arkansas, that now brings us to four Power Four head coaches to be fired before the end of September. DeShaun Foster and Brent Pry were the first to go, with Mike Gundy joining them later on.
Pittman finished his Arkansas coaching career with a 32-34 record over six seasons. The reasoning behind his termination was the Hogs riding a brutally bad three-game losing streak. After falling to Ole Miss, Memphis and Notre Dame, that seemed to be enough for the athletic department to move on. Although this may be his last coaching job, could he have a place that he once thrived at before?
Prior to taking over in Fayetteville, Pittman was an outstanding offensive line coach and recruiter on Kirby Smart's staff at Georgia. While he left Athens before the Dawgs rattled off a pair of national titles in 2021 and 2022, he was easily one of the most popular, beloved and successful assistants to ever serve under Smart. He blossomed into a decent coaching tree branch, but that reached its end.
Pittman has said that coaching Arkansas would be his last job, but maybe he still wants to coach?
Arkansas is firing coach Sam Pittman in the wake of a 2-3 start and blowout home loss to Notre Dame. He went 32-34 over six seasons. pic.twitter.com/seBzZDWqpd
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 28, 2025
What are the chances that Pittman comes aboard Smart's staff in some capacity this offseason?
It is entirely in Sam Pittman's court, but Georgia could really use him
Pittman may have had a great four-year run on Smart's coaching staff from 2016 to 2019, but keep in mind how old he is and where he hails from. The former Arkansas head coach will be turning 64 years old in late November. He grew up in Oklahoma, played his college football in Kansas and is best known for his time on the Arkansas coaching staff. Pittman has strong Georgia ties, but not really...
See, even though Pittman would be conceivably an upgrade over Georgia's current offensive line coach Stacy Searels, there are no guarantees that Pittman will want to come back to Athens. The man seems destined to either be on television or smoke some meat professionally. That being said, he gives off the vibe of exactly what the Dawgs need to get out of their own way inside the trenches.
Pittman's coaching experience at Arkansas would do wonders on Georgia's staff that is being let down by two underwhelming coordinators in Mike Bobo and Glenn Schumann. Truth be told, the addition of Pittman would not make up for those two coordinators' inefficiencies, but rather eliminate another potential scapegoat from the equation in Searels. Again, this is only a pipe dream right now.
That being said, just because Pittman's time at Arkansas came to an end does not mean he is done.