13 Facts About Ken Hatfield

Kenneth Wahl Hatfield was born on June 6,1943 and is an American former college football player and coach.

Ken Hatfield was a first team All-American punt returner for the 1964 season.

Ken Hatfield is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ken Hatfield began his college head coaching career at the United States Air Force Academy from 1979 to 1983.

Ken Hatfield gradually rebuilt a program that had struggled through most of the 1970s and laid the foundation for its success in the 1980s and early 1990s under his offensive coordinator and successor, Fisher DeBerry.

Ken Hatfield's teams won two straight Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989, a feat that the Razorbacks had not accomplished since his playing days.

Ken Hatfield was named the SWC Coach of the Year in 1988.

On January 2,1989, Ken Hatfield became the first former player to coach his alma mater in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Ken Hatfield had a somewhat frosty relationship with longtime Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles, even though Broyles had been his coach during his playing days.

When Broyles signed a new five-year contract in early 1990, Ken Hatfield left for Clemson University without even visiting the campus.

Ken Hatfield did much to clean up the program's image in the aftermath of sanctions from the Ford era.

Ken Hatfield only had three winning seasons in 12 years.

On November 25,2014, It was announced that Ken Hatfield was chosen as the recipient of the 2015 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award.