HOUSTON (AP) Houston athletic director Hunter Yurachek says former Baylor coach Art Briles is not a candidate to be the Cougars next coach.
The school released a statement Saturday after an ESPN report, citing unidentified sources, stated Briles would interview for the vacancy created by the departure of Tom Herman to Texas.
Yurachek said earlier this week Briles ”expressed interest to me regarding the Houston head coach position.”
”After discussion with University of Houston leadership, we developed a list of candidates to be interviewed that did not include Art,” Yurachek said.
Briles played at Houston and coached the Cougars from 2003-07 before taking over at Baylor. He was fired earlier this year after an investigation found that school leaders, including Briles, did not appropriately respond to allegations of sexual assault.
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