New AD Rhoades vows to reform Baylor culture

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DALLAS — New Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades vowed to repair the culture of the Bears’ football program during his introductory news conference Monday at Big 12 media days in Dallas.

Rhoades, whom Baylor hired away from Missouri last week, takes over Aug. 15 and said he intends to reform a department rocked by its sexual assault scandal by prioritizing a standard that no one entity is greater than the university.

“It’s a commitment to excellence in everything we do,” he said. “There are just certain things we won’t tolerate, and moving forward, everybody will be on that same page.”

“Certainly there has to be some changes, there have been changes already, and I’ll determine whether or not that’s enough and whether or not we need to move even farther,” new Baylor AD Mack Rhoades said Monday. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

On a day when Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said conference presidents are “deeply concerned” about being associated with Baylor’s issues, and one day before Baylor leadership presents more information on how it is addressing those issues to the league’s board of directors, Rhoades made his debut and expressed his excitement …

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