Eastern New Mexico reportedly set to hire Art Briles, the ex-Baylor coach fired amid sexual assault scandal
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Art Briles is once again trying to make a return to college football.
Eastern New Mexico is expected to hire Briles as their next head coach, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Eastern New Mexico, a Division II program, could make the announcement as soon as Monday.
Briles hasn’t coached in college football since he was fired from Baylor in 2016 amid a massive sexual assault scandal under his watch. He was hired at Grambling State briefly as their offensive coordinator, but he lasted just four days after immense criticism. He did return to coaching in 2019 at Mount Vernon High School in East Texas.
Briles oversaw Baylor amid the sexual assault scandal that rocked the program during his time there. He coached the Bears from 2008-2015. A lawsuit filed in 2017 alleged that 31 Baylor football players committed 52 rapes over the course of four years. An NCAA investigation concluded that Baylor “failed to report allegations of and address sexual and interpersonal violence committed on its campus." Briles, the NCAA said, “did not report … potential criminal conduct” by one of his players when he learned of it.
"His incurious attitude toward potential criminal conduct by his student-athletes was deeply troubling to the panel," the report released in August 2021 said.
This post will be updated with more information shortly.
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