Bielema on Arkansas firing: 'I was informed coming off the field'

Bret Bielema said Arkansas fired him literally seconds after Friday's season finale against Missouri.

"I was informed coming off the field I would no longer be the coach at Arkansas," Bielema told reporters at the postgame press conference, according to Brandon Zimmerman of SEC Network.

Bielema took a loss in his final game as the Razorbacks' head coach, falling 48-45 to the Tigers to finish the campaign with a 4-8 record. Arkansas announced his dismissal in a news release almost the moment Friday's game ended.

Bielema went 29-34 over five seasons at Arkansas, and 11-29 in SEC play.