The University of Arkansas announced running backs coach Danny Nutt has stepped down as an assistant coach on the Razorback football team due to ongoing personal health issues it was announced by his brother and UA head football coach Houston Nutt on Tuesday.

In a press release sent to the media by the University of Arkansas it stated that Danny Nutt currently is receiving treatment for a serious condition which includes bleeding from the brain steam. The condition first became critical in December of 1998 when Nutt was hospitalized for more than a month. He missed coaching in the 1999 Comp USA Florida Citrus Bowl while undergoing surgery and treatment. Danny missed spring practice in 2000 after a relapse, but returned to the sidelines for the fall campaign.

In recent months, Nutt suffered another recurrence of the brain stem bleeding. His condition will not allow him to coach this season and will likely prohibit him from returning to the football field as a coach in the future.

Houston Nutt announced that a search for the running backs position would begin immediately. Arkansas reports to camp on Thursday, Aug. 2 with the first practice set for Saturday, Aug. 4.