Kendal Briles has seen his stock rise as an offensive coordinator in 2 years at Arkansas, and he fielded some interest in at least one other job this offseason, most notably Miami.

This weekend, Briles commented on what lured him back to Arkansas.

“The head football coach, Sam Pittman,” Briles said. “Working for him. University of Arkansas, the state of Arkansas. I don’t want to say there’s not a ton of loyalty in college football as far as coaching, but I’ve felt loyal to Coach Pittman, giving me the opportunity to be here and obviously you’ve got to look at everything from a career standpoint, and what you think is best. Feel like I made the right move staying here and being with the guys and the coaches and the coaching staff and being able to keep all that intact is pretty unique. A lot of times you don’t get that. The players, having KJ back, it’d be really, really hard to look at KJ and tell him I wasn’t going to be here. Just because I love the kid and respect him so much and want him to be able to achieve his goals.”

Briles also said raising a family in Arkansas is a big factor, and he hopes to stay a long time.