Sam Pittman, who has 27 years of experience with 19 coaching offensive line, was named Arkansas' offensive line coach Dec. 13, 2012 and also serves as the Razorbacks’ associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. He was named one of the top 50 recruiters in the nation by 247Sports.com in 2013.

Pittman had four former players selected in the 2013 NFL Draft, including offensive guard Jonathan Cooper, who he coached for four years at North Carolina. Cooper was taken seventh overall by the Arizona Cardinals, which made him the highest offensive guard selection since 1986. Guard Dallas Thomas was taken in the second round by Miami, tackle Brennan Williams was a third-round pick by Houston and guard Travis Bond was picked in the seventh round by Minnesota.

Pittman oversaw the offensive line for offensive coordinator Jim Chaney at Tennessee in 2012, when the Volunteers led the SEC and ranked fourth in the NCAA in fewest sacks allowed per game, following five seasons coaching the offensive line at North Carolina.

In 2012, Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray passed for 3,619 yards and 34 touchdowns. His touchdowns were the seventh-most in a season in SEC history, and his passing yards ranked 11th in conference history. Bray also broke the Tennessee single-game record with 530 yards passing, a record previously held by Peyton Manning and the second-highest single-game total in SEC history.

Also during the 2012 season, first-round draft pick Cordarrelle Patterson was named first-team All-SEC all-purpose player after leading the SEC and tying for 18th in the NCAA with a single-season school-record 1,858 all-purpose yards. Patterson also was the first player in the NCAA to score a touchdown four different ways in one season since 2008. Fellow wide receiver Justin Hunter, a second-round draft pick, ranked third in the SEC with 1,083 receiving yards and was fourth in the conference with an average of 6.1 receptions per game. His 73 catches ranked as the second-highest single-season total in UT history, and his receiving yards ranked third on the school's single-season list.

The 2011 North Carolina team, with Pittman having been promoted to associate head coach, averaged 6.3 yards per play in the regular season, the second-best mark in the ACC. The UNC offensive line helped running back Giovani Bernard, the 37th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, to 101.8 yards per game, a mark that led all NCAA freshmen and included seven 100-yard rushing games. Bernard's 14 rushing touchdowns ranked second nationally among freshmen.

Additionally, sophomore quarterback Bryn Renner led the Atlantic Coast Conference in passing efficiency, a category in which UNC led the conference as a team as well. The Tar Heels ranked fifth in the ACC in total offense at 396.6 yards per game while earning a berth in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl.

Named one of the nation's top 25 recruiters by ESPN.com, Pittman twice signed the No. 2-rated offensive tackle in the country with Alex Hurst in 2010 and Kiaro Holt in 2011. Hurst, who started all 12 games at left tackle for UNC as a sophomore during the 2011 season, joined Cooper as the first Tar Heel tandem to earn All-ACC lineman honors since 1993.

Pittman also developed offensive lineman Garrett Reynolds, who earned second team All-ACC honors in 2008 and was selected in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.

Pittman joined the Tar Heels after four seasons as the offensive line coach at Northern Illinois from 2003-06, including three seasons as assistant head coach from 2004-06. During that time frame, the Huskies produced a pair of standout rushers in Garrett Wolfe and Michael Turner.

Wolfe led the nation in rushing with 1,928 yards in 2006, while Turner, who has earned two Pro Bowl selections with the Atlanta Falcons and led the NFC in rushing in 2010 and 2011, finished second in the nation as a senior at Northern Illinois in 2003 with 1,648 yards.

Pittman's first stint as offensive line coach for Northern Illinois was for two years, from 1994-95. Pittman also previously coached the offensive linemen at Kansas, Missouri, Western Michigan and Oklahoma. He also coached offensive tackles and tight ends at Cincinnati.

Before coaching at NIU, Pittman spent two seasons as the head coach at Hutchinson Community College from 1992-93 after serving as the school's offensive line coach in 1991. He was a head coach in the high school ranks at Trenton High School in Missouri from 1989-90 and at Princeton High School, also in Missouri, from 1987-88. He began his coaching career with a two-year stint as a student assistant at Pittsburg State from 1984-85, followed by one season as an assistant coach at Beggs High School in Oklahoma.

Pittman played defensive end at Pittsburg State, where he was a first-team NAIA All-American and twice earned all-conference recognition. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1986 and was inducted into the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998. He is married to the former Jamie Conrad.