As previously reported, when searching for the 10th and final assistant on Chad Morris’ coaching staff, Arkansas found its man in former Auburn Director of Player Relations, Kenny Ingram. Ingram will coach defensive tackles for the Razorbacks in 2019. Ingram joins the coaching staff in Fayetteville after John Scott Jr. left to join the South Carolina coaching staff. Coming off his second stint working for Gus Malzahn, Ingram has deep ties to the Memphis area, which could prove to be invaluable to Morris’ Razorback program when it comes to recruiting the talent-rich area. A Memphis native, Ingram coached at Melrose High School, the University of Memphis as well as Arkansas State and Cincinnati in addition to his time at Auburn. With Ingram joining the staff in Fayetteville, Arkansas now has 10 full-time assistants. If you are a believer in the advantages continuity can bring, the Razorbacks’ one change on its full-time staff ties for the fewest in the SEC this offseason.<doc-sep>The expected hiring of Kenny Ingram as Arkansas' defensive line coach got a thumbs up from one highly regarded Memphis high school coach. A Memphis native, Ingram was a standout at Memphis Whitehaven High School. He graduated from Arkansas State, where he was a four-year letterman (1989-92) and the team co-captain in 1992. Rodney Saulsberry has been the Memphis Whitehaven coach since 2004. He led the Tigers to an 11-4 record and Class 6A runner-up finish this past season, and calls Ingram a "great hire." "Especially if they are treating Memphis like it's in-state recruiting," Saulsberry said. "Excellent on the field coach, but dynamic recruiter." Ingram was a three-time Regional Coach of the Year and the Commercial Appeal's 2004 Coach of the Year for Metro Memphis, he was selected to serve as the Liberty Bowl All-Star Game defensive coordinator in 2003 and was a member of the Tennessee East-West Shrine All-Star Game coaching staff that same season. Ingram has been an assistant coach at Memphis from 2006-09, and had on-field coaching jobs at Arkansas State in 2012 and Cincinnati in 2015-16. He returned to Auburn, where he previously worked two seasons, after a head coaching change at Cincinnati. Whitehaven has several Division I prospects, including Arkansas linebacker targets Martavius French and Bryson Eason. Saulsberry said Ingram recruited the area well in the past. "When at Memphis, Tennessee State and Cincinnati, he was very influential to their recruiting success in Memphis." Saulsberry said. "He does a great job building relationships. Kenny is well known throughout the city as a star player at Whitehaven, superb high school coach at Melrose (High School) and as a straight shooter college recruiter." Ingram and Saulsberry have known one another for several years. "I've known coach Ingram since high school, although he graduated prior to me arriving at Whitehaven," Saulsberry said. "He's from the class of 1988 and I'm from the class of 1991."<doc-sep>The University of Arkansas is expected to name Kenny Ingram as the team’s new defensive tackles coach, according to sources close to the situation. Ingram is currently the director of player relations at Auburn University. Prior to that, he served as defensive line coach at Cincinnati (2015-16). This is his second go around at Auburn after serving as Auburn’s director of player development from 2013-14. He was the defensive line coach at Arkansas State under Gus Malzahn (2012) and followed Malzahn to Auburn when he was named head coach. Ingram will fill the position vacated by John Scott Jr. late last month when he opted to return close to his hometown at the University of South Carolina. The new hire should further strengthen Arkansas’ presence in Memphis recruiting, which has been an area of emphasis since Arkansas head coach Chad Morris has identified the area as an extension of the Natural State. Ingram is a graduate on Memphis’ Whitehaven High School, and after that he became a student-athlete at Arkansas State (1989-92). He was named co-captain as a senior at ASU in 1992. Returning to his roots, Ingram served as linebackers coach at the University of Memphis from 2006-09 and was promoted to the school’s defensive coordinator in 2009. Before that, he was the defensive line coach at Tennessee State in 2005. In addition to his strong ties to Memphis, Ingram should fit in nicely with Chad Morris and the two other former high school head coaches in Mark Smith and Jeff Traylor in that he was the head coach at Memphis (Tenn.) Melrose from 2002-04 and compiled a 37-4 record. He got his start as the school’s defensive coordinator in 2001-02 before that. At Melrose, he coached 17 student-athletes who went on to sign college scholarships to play football. Before that, he was a teacher and coach at Corry Middle School and worked in the Youth Habilitation Center in Memphis. Defensive tackle recruiting is not expected to be a major point of emphasis in 2020 with as many as 10 DTs who could be on the roster already heading into that season. He will have to get up to speed quickly because spring football is just over two weeks away. While the Razorbacks lose senior Armon Watts on the interior, the Hogs will return seniors McTelvin Agim and T.J. Smith. Juniors Briston Guidry and Jonathan Marshall should provide depth. Sophomore David Porter and redshirt freshmen Billy Ferrell and Isaiah Nichols will also push for playing time this spring. This summer, at least three more defensive tackles are expected to join the team in true freshmen Enoch Jackson, Taurean Carter and Marcus Miller. In addition, bigger defensive end recruits like Collin Clay or Eric Gregory could be looked at to move inside depending on how much bigger they get.<doc-sep>Gus Malzahn will have to replace a third off-field staffer this offseason. According to two separate reports from 247Sports, Arkansas is expected to hire Kenny Ingram as its new defensive line coach. Ingram spent the last two seasons as Auburn’s director of player relations and has been on Malzahn’s staff during four of the coach’s six seasons on the Plains. Prior to serving as Auburn’s director of player relations, Ingram spent the 2015-16 seasons as the defensive tackles coach at Cincinnati. That came after spending the 2013-14 seasons at Auburn, serving as director of player development during that time. Ingram originally followed Malzahn to Auburn when the coach was hired following the 2012 season. Ingram spent the 2012 campaign as Malzahn’s defensive line coach at Arkansas State. Ingram is the third support staffer to depart from Auburn this offseason, joining former assistant athletic director for football Patrick Suddes, who left for a position at Georgia Tech, and director of recruiting Billy High, who left for the same role at North Carolina. Malzahn already hired Levorn Harbin to replace High last week. AL.com will update this post. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.<doc-sep>
 Arkansas has hired Kenny Ingram to fill the vacant full-time assistant coach position on the Razorbacks' staff. The hire was made official Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, multiple outlets, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reported the move last Friday. Arkansas also announced Wednesday that tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. will add a second title as the Razorbacks' special teams coordinator. Lunney, a former Arkansas quarterback, has worked for the program since 2013. According to his contract, Ingram will be paid an annual salary of $340,000 through Feb. 19, 2021, plus $9,200 in other annual allowances. Ingram has team incentives that could pay him a bonus equaling up to four months of his salary. Lunney has not received a pay increase to reflect his new role as special teams coordinator, according to an open records request. He was paid $350,000 last year. Arkansas hired Daniel Da Prato earlier this month to assistant with special teams in an off-field coaching role. Da Prato spent the past three seasons in a similar role at Colorado. Ingram has seven seasons of experience coaching in college football's largest subdivision, but he has not been in an on-field coaching role in three years. He has spent the past two seasons in an off-field role as director of player relations at Auburn, a position he previously held from 2013-14. Ingram, a Memphis, Tenn., native, played college football at Arkansas State from 1989-92. At ASU, he was coached one season by Steve Caldwell, the Razorbacks' other defensive line coach who works primarily with defensive ends. Caldwell also replaced Ingram as the Red Wolves' defensive line coach in 2013. Ingram was a high school head coach in Memphis for three seasons before working one season at Tennessee State in 2005. He returned to his hometown as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis from 2006-09, and had on-field coaching jobs at Arkansas State in 2012 and Cincinnati in 2015-16. He returned to Auburn after a head coaching change at Cincinnati. The vacancy on Arkansas' staff came about when John Scott Jr. was hired as an assistant coach at South Carolina last month. Scott spent two seasons with the Razorbacks working under two different head coaches, Bret Bielema and Chad Morris. Ingram's background could give Arkansas a strengthened recruiting presence in Memphis, which along with Dallas and Tulsa, Okla., are regional metropolitan areas Morris has identified as recruiting priorities for the Razorbacks. Arkansas signed two players, receiver Shamar Nash and defensive lineman Eric Gregory, from Memphis in its 2019 recruiting class.