Mississippi State’s coaching band continued its breakup on Thursday.

Pitching coach Wes Johnson was hired to the same position at Arkansas, making him the second Mississippi State assistant this week to leave the program.

On Monday, longtime assistant Nick Mingione was hired as the head coach at Kentucky.

Johnson is an Arkansas native who played at Arkansas-Monticello and then went on to coach at Central Arkansas and Southern Arkansas, as well as at several Arkansas high schools. He also spent four seasons helping turn Dallas Baptist into a national contender before coming to Mississippi State last year.

Under Johnson’s tutelage, Mississippi State’s pitching staff improved its ERA by a full run over 2015’s mark. Six Bulldog pitchers were selected in last week’s Major League Baseball draft including first-round pick Dakota Hudson.

Hudson led the Bulldogs and was among the leaders in the Southeastern Conference with a 9-5 record, 2.55 ERA and 115 strikeouts this season. On Thursday he was named to the D1 Baseball All-America team — his fourth All-America selection.

Arkansas’ team ERA of 5.02 ranked last in the SEC this season. Opponents’ hit .273 against the Razorbacks, which ranked 12th out of 14 teams. Mississippi State was fifth and sixth, respectively, in each category.

“Wes has developed a stellar reputation throughout the country, based on his ability to develop his players, both individually, and his pitching staffs, collectively, into some of the most successful performers in college baseball,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said in a school release. “I am happy to welcome Coach Johnson and his family back to his home state of Arkansas and look forward to getting him on campus to get started with our program.”