Art Briles nearly left Baylor for blue blood in 2014

SportsPublished: Aug. 19, 2026, 1:27 p.m.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)APFormer Baylor coach Art Briles, who was fired in 2016 amid a highly publicized sexual scandal at the school, revealed in a wide-ranging interview that in 2014 he agreed to be the coach Texas.Briles told On3 on Wednesday he decided