Chris Wilson takes over defensive play calling duties as the team’s interim defensive coordinator. Wilson has experience as a defensive coordinator in his long career in college and professional football, having recently served as the defensive coordinator for the Houston Roughnecks in the UFL this past spring. He won Super Bowl LII as a part of the Philadelphia Eagles’ staff as the team’s defensive line coach. He also coordinated defenses for the Houston Gamblers of the USFL and in the college ranks at Colorado (2021-22) and at Mississippi State as the co-defensive coordinator in 2010 then the defensive coordinator for two seasons (2011-12). Wilson is in his first season at Arkansas and was previously working with the Razorbacks’ defensive line this season as the team’s assistant defensive line coach.
