UPDATED 2:25 p.m. EDT: Contrary to Brett McMurphy's report outlined below, Houston's VP for Athletics, Hunter Yurachek, just confirmed otherwise. Via @NicoleAuerbach of USA Today:
Houston statement on Art Briles: pic.twitter.com/PR2MCjpWtS
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) December 3, 2016
According to ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy, none other than disgraced former Baylor head coach Art Briles is on the short list to interview for the Houston vacancy following Tom Herman's departure for Texas.
Les Miles and Lane Kiffin are also expected to interview giving Houston one hell of an eclectic cast of characters from which to choose.
Briles' first head coaching gig at the FBS level came at Houston way back in 2003 and served as his launch point to a Baylor program that he ran in a way that would make the 1980-1990s Miami Hurricanes cringe.
Apparently Houston regents chair Tom Fertitta isn't afraid to prioritize winning over morals as long as he can gain "clarity":
“There’s a lot of administrator and ex-administrators and board of regents from Baylor that say that Art Briles was a scapegoat at Baylor,” Fertitta told the Houston Chronicle. “I’ve had calls from ex-chairman of the board of regents there, current big booster there, lawyers that represent Baylor. I have not had one negative call about Art Briles. But there still seems to be a clarity issue. …
“I would love for Art Briles to be on our super-short list. But until, or if, or when we can ever get full clarity, I can’t see us going there.”
This world..
