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Mount Vernon High School football coach Art Briles talks to players on the sideline Aug. 30, 2019, in Bonham, Texas. Grambling State football coach Hue Jackson has hired former Baylor coach Briles as offensive coordinator, the university confirmed Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Briles has not worked in college football since 2016, when he was fired by Baylor after an investigation concluded he and his staff took no action against players named in sexual assault allegations. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) **FILE**

Briles out at Grambling less than one week after being hired

By David Brandt - Associated Press

$In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. The NCAA infractions committee said Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, that its years-long investigation into the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in four years probation and other sanctions, though the “unacceptable” behavior at the heart of the case did not violate NCAA rules.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File) **FILE**$

NCAA hands Baylor probation, fine in sex assault scandal

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2019, photo, head coach Art Briles instructs his team during a practice at Mount Vernon High Schoo in Mount Vernon, Texas. Most of the town’s residents knew nothing about the possibility of Briles becoming coach until the school board unanimously approved his hiring in a special meeting on the Friday night going into Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Back in Texas, Briles returns to coaching in the small time

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2007, file photo, Art Briles answers questions after being introduced as the new coach of the Baylor University football team during a press conference in Waco, Texas. Southern Mississippi has decided not to hire Art Briles after interviewing the former Baylor football coach, a decision Golden Eagles coach Jay Hopson disagrees with.The school released a statement Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, from President Rodney D. Bennett and interim athletics director Jeff Mitchell saying “following that meeting (with Briles), we informed him that he is not a candidate.”(AP Photo/Duane A. Laverty, File)

Southern Miss interviews Art Briles, decides not to hire him

By DAVID BRANDT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, current and former Baylor students hold a rally warning of sexual assaults on and off campus in Waco, Texas. A former athletic director at Baylor University, Ian McCaw, has claimed regents schemed to make black football players scapegoats for a decades-long problem of sexual assault at the school. Excerpts taken from McCaw's June 19 deposition appear in documents filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit pending against Baylor. Ten women are suing the school over how it handled their allegations of sexual assault. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP, File)

Ex-Baylor athletic director: Black athletes made scapegoats

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Baylor paid Art Briles $15M after firing him amid scandal

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Baylor offered ex-coach Briles support letter in May

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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2015, file photo, Baylor coach Art Briles yells from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Lamar in Waco, Texas. The Canadian Football League and Hamilton Tiger-Cats say Briles will not be joining the team as an assistant coach after all. Less than 12 hours after the Tiger-Cats announced that Briles would be joining head coach June Jones' staff as assistant head coach of offense, the league and team respond to public backlash and let the 61-year-old coach go. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

CFL team backtracks on hiring former Baylor coach Art Briles

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FILE - This Nov. 19, 2016 file photo shows Baylor offensive coordinator Kendal Briles reacting to a play against Kansas State in the first half of a NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. Florida Atlantic is offering a second chance to Briles. The Owls' roster and coaching staff feature plenty of names of people who have encountered issues along the way to Boca Raton. Briles was the coordinator at Baylor under his father while the school was rocked by a sexual assault scandal. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald via AP, file)

For Briles and others, FAU is a second chance

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Baylor settles lawsuit with woman who alleged sexual assault

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. The NCAA is conducting an “ongoing, pending investigation” into Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the departure of the school president, the school’s lawyers confirmed in a federal court filing. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Baylor confirms NCAA investigation after sex abuse scandal

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. A new federal lawsuit against Baylor University alleges football players routinely recorded gang rapes and staged dogfights in a program that fostered sexual violence. A former Baylor volleyball player identified only as Jane Doe filed the lawsuit Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Lawsuit: Baylor football players recorded gang rapes

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 21, 2015, file photo, Baylor coach Art Briles addresses attendees at the NCAA college Big 12 Conference football media days in Dallas. Texas’ top law enforcement agency has opened a preliminary investigation into Baylor University and how it handled reports of sexual and physical assault over several years. The Texas Rangers confirmed Wednesday, March 1, 2017, they are working with the McLennan County prosecutor’s office to “determine if further action is warranted.” Baylor fired Briles in 2016 and demoted former President and Chancellor Ken Starr, who later resigned. Former athletic director Ian McCaw also resigned and is now at Liberty University in Virginia. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Briles says he didn’t cover up sexual assaults at Baylor

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor coach Art Briles stands in the tunnel before the team's NCAA college football game against Texas in Waco, Texas. A new court filing detailed allegations that former Baylor coach Briles ignored sexual assaults by players, failed to alert university officials or discipline athletes and allowed them to continue playing. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Baylor rocked by wave after wave of ugly allegations

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Key dates and allegations in the Baylor sex assault scandal

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Court filing details former Baylor football coach’s conduct

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor coach Art Briles stands in the tunnel before the team's NCAA college football game against Texas in Waco, Texas. Former Baylor coach Briles conceded months ago that the sexual assault scandal that led to his firing likely ended his career. That's not the case for some of his former assistants, including his son Kendal Briles. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Attorneys: Briles drops libel suit against Baylor officials

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor coach Art Briles stands in the tunnel before the team's NCAA college football game against Texas in Waco, Texas. Former Baylor coach Briles conceded months ago that the sexual assault scandal that led to his firing likely ended his career. That's not the case for some of his former assistants, including his son Kendal Briles. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Some Baylor assistants finding jobs and mixed reactions

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Baylor officials deny defaming ex-coach Briles amid scandal

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Briles sues Baylor officials for libel and conspiracy

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press