Disgraced former Baylor football coach Art Briles turned up in Dallas Cowboys camp on Tuesday and spoke of his expectation that he’ll find a new job somewhere sooner rather than later.
Briles told reporters in Oxnard, California on Tuesday that he expects to find a new job during the next cycle of pro and collegiate hires in November and December.
“I know who I am. I know what I’ve been through 60 years,” Briles said, via Kate Hairopoulos of SportsDay. “People may doubt what you say, but they always believe what you do. I’ve always lived my life in a righteous manner.
“Reality is reality. What I’ve got to do is redefine myself and start a new chapter, and that’s what I’m doing.”
Briles said he is taking lessons out of what happened at Baylor and won’t make mistakes again.
“I’m just going to make sure that I have policies in place that are protective of everybody,” he said. “Students first and foremost, then administrators, coaches.”
Briles has an ally in Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who spoke highly of the coach.
“I will vouch for him as a person,” Jones said. “He’s top quality as a person. I’d want my grandson, if he had the chance, to play for him.”
Unfortunately, Art, it doesn’t matter how many policies you have in place if you and your coaches are just going to flippantly ignore them and not report assaults, as happened at Baylor. Expect him to have a much harder time getting a job at both the professional and collegiate levels than he expects to.
