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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2006, file photo, then-Michigan State coach John L. Smith speaks to reporters at an NCAA college football news conference, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP)
The school said Smith has signed a 10-month contract worth $850,000 to replace Bobby Petrino.
Smith left the Razorbacks after last season to become the head coach at Weber State, his alma mater.
Petrino was fired April 10 for failing to disclose an affair with a woman he later hired as his assistant.