Bobby Petrino has 25 years of collegiate and professional coaching.  His  college experience includes stops at Arizona State University, University of Nevada, Utah State University, Auburn University, and Louisville .

Petrino earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a minor in mathematics from Carroll College, where he played quarterback and twice earned NAIA All-America honors and was named the league’s most valuable player in 1981 and 1982.

He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 1983 and then moved to Weber State as a graduate assistant and quarterbacks coach in 1984.  He went back to Carroll as offensive coordinator in 1985 and ’86.

In 1992 and ’93, he was the quarterbacks coach at Arizona State where he assisted in the development of future All-American and NFL star Jake Plummer.  1994 saw Petrino named the offensive coordinator and QB coach for University of Nevada; from there he took a position as offensive coordinator for Utah State from ’95-’97.  He had his first stint at Louisville as the offensive coordinator in 1998.  From Louisville, he went to Auburn University as the QB coach in ’99 and 2000 and offensive coordinator in ‘01.

Petrino was named the head coach at Louisville in 2003.  In 2004, his Cardinals team led the nation in total offense and scoring offense, and set an NCAA record by scoring 50+ points in five straight games.  His ‘06 Cardinals held a 12-1 record and seven Louisville players earned first-team All-Big East honors, the most of any league school.  Altogether, his teams posted 41-9 in his tenure there and finished at the school’s highest national ranking of no. 6.

On Dec 11, 2007, following one season with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and a four-year run at Louisville, Bobby Petrino was named the 30th head coach at the University of Arkansas.

Bobby and his wife, Becky, have four children:  Kelsey, Nick, Bobby and Katie, and now reside here in NWA.