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Sources: Baylor to hire Grobe as interim coach
- Updated: May 30, 2016
3:29 PM ET
Baylor has hired former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe on an interim basis to replace Art Briles, sources told ESPN on Monday.
Grobe, 64, takes over a Baylor program that has been rocked by allegations of sexual assault and other violence by several players. Last week, Baylor’s board of regents suspended Briles with intent to terminate, and stripped chancellor Kenneth Starr of his title of university president.
According to sources, the Bears also considered former San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary, a former Baylor All-American, and current defensive coordinator Phil Bennett for the job before settling on Grobe, who last coached in college in 2013.
Grobe, a native of Huntington, West Virginia, coached at Ohio from 1995 to 2000 and Wake Forest from 2001 to 2013. He had a 77-82 record in 13 seasons with the Demon Deacons and his teams played in five bowl games. In 2006, Grobe guided Wake Forest to an 11-3 record and an unlikely ACC championship.
Grobe resigned as Wake Forest’s coach after a 4-8 finish in 2013, his fifth consecutive losing season.
Briles, 60, had eight years left on a contract that paid him nearly $6 …
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