Arkansas fired head coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday for unfairly hiring his mistress and intentionally misleading his boss about everything from their relationship to her presence at the motorcycle accident that ultimately cost him his job.
Athletic director Jeff Long announced his decision at an evening news conference and laid out a stunning laundry list of misdeeds by the man he hired away from the Atlanta Falcons four years ago.
They included ignoring multiple chances over the past 10 days to come clean to Long about a relationship that had crossed the line from infidelity into workplace favoritism.
Long said Petrino was fired “with cause” – meaning he will not receive the $18 million buyout his contract called for – and there were no discussions about ways to keep Petrino at Arkansas.
Information from Espn.com contributed to this report.