Communications Director of the Springdale School District and co-host of Drive Time Sports, Rick Schaeffer was sports information director at the University of Arkansas and still serves as color analyst on Razorback basketball and baseball broadcasts.
Schaeffer worked in the UA SID office 24 years before joining the staff of The Fellowship of Christian Athletes in August, 2000. In the spring of 2003, he and his wife, Adelaide, founded Champions For Kids, a support and training organization that works with youth-oriented non-profits.
He joined the Springdale School District staff in July, 2006 and still does part time work for Champions For Kids. He works with Randy Rainwater daily on Drive Time Sports, heard statewide daily from 4-7 p.m.
He has partnered with Mike Nail on UA basketball broadcasts for 24 seasons and has worked with Chuck Barrett on Razorback baseball broadcasts for 11 years. He also serves with the UA football broadcast team on the pre-game, halftime and post-game shows and as statistician.
Schaeffer’s second book, “Inside the Razorback Vault” was released in June of 2008. He wrote “The Game of My Life” in 2005.
Schaeffer and his wife have been married 25 years. They have a 15-year old son, Benny and eight dogs.
Bo Mattingly is the host of SportsTalk with Bo Mattingly and has been covering sports in Arkansas for 13-years on radio and television. He has developed a reputation delivering credible information in a fun and entertaining way. His radio show is well known for its nationally recognized guest list. He is married to his wife Ashley and they have 3 boys and enjoy doing life in Northwest Arkansas.
Aaron Peters has more than nine years of award winning TV experience covering Arkansas Sports. He has been involved in Broadcast television for 10 years, all in this state covering the Razorbacks. Aaron is the lead anchor for The Razorback Nation for both KNWA (Fayetteville) and KARK (Little Rock), as well as for the state wide Pig Trail show. Peters is a part of the only state wide sports department in Arkansas and travels to every Razorback football and basketball game home and away.
Joe Ferguson grew up in Shreveport, LA, where he is known as the “White Knight” for his quick release as Quarterback at Woodlawn High School. He played college football at the University of Arkansas (1969-1972) and was then drafted by the Buffalo Bills (1973-1984) and played in the NFL for 18 years. After Joe retired from the NFL in 1990, he coached quarterbacks at Louisiana Tech University (1991-1992) and at the University of Arkansas (1996-2000). He also volunteered coached at Shiloh Christian High School in Springdale, AR and coached at Ruston High School in Ruston, LA. Joe is currently with Lindsey & Associates, Inc where he is a Vice President in Residential and Commercial sales.
Joe has been honored by being inducted into the National Federation of State High School Hall of Fame, Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, the Arkansas and Louisiana Hall of Fame, the Greater Buffalo Hall of Fame, the Shreveport Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and his #12 jersey has been retired in Buffalo in honor of Joe and Jim Kelly.
It was in 2005 that he entered into the biggest battle of his life when he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma Cancer. Joe was treated with intensive chemotherapy for 8 months at MD Anderson in Houston, TX. Back home in Arkansas and around the world his church and football family and friends cried out to God for healing on his behalf. Joe went into remission and began the road to recovery. But in 2008 his faith was tested again when he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and ended up with a rare pneumonia in Intensive Care. Joe knew that God was all he had and that He was in control. God had taken him through before and He was able to see him through again in His timing and for His purposes. Through God’s strength, Joe was able to beat cancer again and today is cancer free.
Joe and his wife, Sandy, have been married 30 years and live in Bella Vista, AR. Their daughter Kristen is married and resides in Dallas, TX, and son, Trey, just graduated from the University of Arkansas.
