State sports briefs

— FOOTBALL Shumaker follows Petrino

Arkansas director of high school relations Jason Shumaker is expected to follow Paul Petrino to Idaho and become the running backs coach for the Vandals, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has learned.

Shumaker, a former fullback at Kansas, spent the last season as director of high school relations. The Salina, Kan., native had worked at lower-division schools before being hired at Arkansas.

Petrino, Arkansas’ two-time offensive coordinator, has made six hires, excluding Shumaker, as full-time assistants at Idaho, according to the school’s website.

New Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema has yet to announce any staff changes.

The school’s website lists only Bielema on its roster of coaches.

Sports, Pages 17 on 12/10/2012

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