[1] Yurachek was born on October 21, 1968, in Richmond, Virginia, and was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He lettered four years in basketball and received his bachelor's degree at Guilford College in 1990, and then his master's degree from the University of Richmond in 1994.
[2] After stints at Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Virginia, and Akron, Yurachek was named athletic director for Coastal Carolina University.
He was named the 2014 FCS Athletic Director of the Year while at Coastal Carolina.
Yurachek has helped improve Arkansas both in and out of sports, overseeing Arkansas programs win several SEC and national titles, along with setting a spring term GPA record with an average 3.43 GPA.