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per CBS:
Former Baylor coach Art Briles has a new gig, and it's in a rather unorthodox place.
Briles will coach the Guelfi Firenze American Football team -- an Italian team located in Florence -- according to a release from the organization.
"I am grateful to be back on the field coaching football, and doing what I love. Jan and I are excited to arrive in Italy for this new opportunity," Briles said. "I will work tirelessly to make Guelfi Firenze a title contender."
Briles was dismissed as Baylor's head coach amid a massive sexual assault scandal that hit the football program and included several players on the Bears roster. Briles looked back at the circumstances surrounding his dismissal and didn't necessarily own up to what went down within his program.
"I would have done more if I had known more," he said. "When these allegations came out, we found out at the same time you did. I had a meeting with the [Baylor] Board of Regents where I made suggestions that I never had the chance to fulfill; it would have been similar in the NFL that handles the discipline problems that took it out of the football coaches' hands."
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-coach-guelfi-firenze-football-team-in-italy/
Go Gophers!!
Former Baylor coach Art Briles has a new gig, and it's in a rather unorthodox place.
Briles will coach the Guelfi Firenze American Football team -- an Italian team located in Florence -- according to a release from the organization.
"I am grateful to be back on the field coaching football, and doing what I love. Jan and I are excited to arrive in Italy for this new opportunity," Briles said. "I will work tirelessly to make Guelfi Firenze a title contender."
Briles was dismissed as Baylor's head coach amid a massive sexual assault scandal that hit the football program and included several players on the Bears roster. Briles looked back at the circumstances surrounding his dismissal and didn't necessarily own up to what went down within his program.
"I would have done more if I had known more," he said. "When these allegations came out, we found out at the same time you did. I had a meeting with the [Baylor] Board of Regents where I made suggestions that I never had the chance to fulfill; it would have been similar in the NFL that handles the discipline problems that took it out of the football coaches' hands."
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-coach-guelfi-firenze-football-team-in-italy/
Go Gophers!!