While critical of top administrators for ignoring problems or being slow to act, the most critical elements were aimed at Briles' football program. Bell, majority owner of Fort Worth's Cats baseball team, praised Sloan for appointing an investigative committee. After getting his bachelor's and master's degrees from the None of those three immediately responded to requests for comment. The stories you want, in one weekly newsletter. In his four seasons at Baylor, Bliss's team only made the post-season once. Bliss, 59, has been a Division I coach for 28 seasons, working The NCAA has never cited one of Bliss' programs for any She believes the experience and knowledge Bliss brings from his NCAA coaching days would be a great asset to the school's athletic department. A school statement Former Baylor basketball coach Dave Bliss bows his head in prayer during memorial services for Patrick Dennehy in August 2003. There was a feeling among audience members that much like Dennehy’s death, it won’t take long to forget. Think about this: How in the world could Bliss or his staff walk into a student-athlete's home in a recruiting situation now? At one point, Bliss assures other players that Dennehy won’t be able to deny their statements because “he’s dead.”. $1,800 from a coach toward a car loan for his sport utility vehicle and whether players passed urine tests despite smoking Briles has been Baylor's football coach since 2008 and McCaw became athletic director in 2003. University officials time and again had knowledge of assaults committed by football players and others but took no action, Hernandez said, adding she won't drop her lawsuit. Others involved in the school also were saddened by the events of the day but realized that changes were needed. Hernandez agreed with Starr's demotion but said "what concerns me more was the propagation of rape culture within Baylor University.". 1999 and went 61-57 in four seasons. Jasmin Hernandez, a former Baylor student who testified in football player Tevin Elliott's 2014 rape trial, has filed a federal lawsuit against the school. after Dennehy's disappearance. him $172 for a car payment. He to sit out last season because of NCAA rules after he transferred announce hours later that he no longer would be, went 166-46-4 with four Texas state championships, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Photograph by Damon Winter, Pool/Dallas Morning News/Getty Images. Baylor also fired football coach Art Briles and placed athletic director Ian McCaw on probation after an external investigation found the actions of football staff and athletics leadership "in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the university.". Leave them blank to get signed up. In another meeting, Bliss tells Rouse that Thomas would back up their stories about Dennehy dealing drugs. Stanton was in his sixth year as AD at his alma mater. Through an extensive array of interviews with former coaches and players, police officers, attorneys, and journalists, Kondelis unravels the bizarre and tragic story in Disgraced. About a month after Dennehy went missing, however, it was Dotson who confessed to killing him. Although no immediate statement was made about Sloan's own future at the school, sources at Baylor told Katz that the president may be in danger of losing his job, as well. conversation in which former head coach Jim Haller agreed to give The football program acted in ways that "reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules," the report said. Otherwise, try again or reset your password. Bliss, 73, will coach at Calvary Chapel Christian School, according to the report. Starr gets to keep a title and a job, but his demotion at the school in Waco, Texas, is a stunning fall for the prosecutor whose dogged investigation of President Bill Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky eventually led to Clinton's 1998 impeachment. “High school football is a Texas institution. The board of regents at the nation's largest Baptist university said Starr will vacate the presidency on May 31 and stay on as chancellor and law school professor, jobs that will not include any "operational" duties for the school. Football victories brought a financial windfall. This Houston Barbecue Joint Made it a Signature Item. But Austin director Pat Kondelis hadn’t counted on any of this when he started working on the documentary two years ago. See our, Read a limited number of articles each month, You consent to the use of cookies and tracking by us and third parties to provide you with personalized ads, Unlimited access to washingtonpost.com on any device, Unlimited access to all Washington Post apps, No on-site advertising or third-party ad tracking. University leadership was also slow to enact federally-required student conduct processes, and administrators failed to identify and eliminate the hostile environment toward victims, the report found. Sloan already is under fire for an expensive school infrastructure-rebuilding program. The Bears were 14-14 last Shelley Luther Calls Greg Abbott a “Tyrant Governor.” Can It Get Her Elected During a Pandemic? Although the team had an open scholarship, it already had granted scholarships to five other newcomers and therefore could not offer one to Dennehy. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at previously at Oklahoma, SMU and New Mexico. 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