Could former Baylor football coach Art Briles land a job at Southern Miss?
Almost three years ago Art Briles' college football coaching career abruptly halted amidst great controversy. Now it looks as if the once-maligned head coach might the opportunity to get a fresh start at Southern Mississippi.
According to a report from SunHerald, the former Baylor coach is interviewing for the Golden Eagle's vacant offensive coordinator position.
The position opened in January after Shannon Dawson accepted the offensive assistant coach position at the University of Houston.
Baylor fired Briles in May 2016 after a third-party law firm's investigation into misconduct in the athletic department found that football coaches failed to report complaints against players.
Baylor football players were accused of at least 52 known acts of rape in five years by at least 31 different players during Briles' tenure as head coach, according to a lawsuit.
The school has settled five Title IX lawsuits over assault allegations from former students.
Briles was hired in August of 2017 in the Canadian Football League as an assistant coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but the team let him go 12 hours later amidst criticism for the move.
He also recently was the head coach of the Estra Guelfi Firenze team in the Italian Federation of American Football.
During his time with Baylor, Briles led the Bears to a 65-37 record, including two Big 12 titles.