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Arkansas Fires Football Coach

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Bobby Petrino admitted to relationship with employee.

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Bobby Petrino will not return to coach the University of Arkansas football team, the school's athletic director revealed Tuesday. Petrino, who has coached the Razorbacks since 2007—and is married with four children—was having an "inappropriate relationship" with a 25-year-old female employee, Jessica Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player. Petrino didn't immediately tell his bosses that Dorrell was with him when he wrecked his motorcycle on April 1. The former coach of the Atlanta Falcons led the Razorbacks to a 34–17 record while at the helm.

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