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Potential candidates to replace Baylor's Art Briles: Texas guys, wild cards, sleepers and caretakers

Kevin Jairaj

Jul 21, 2015; Dallas, TX, USA; Baylor Bears head coach Art Briles speaks to the media during the Big 12 Media Days at Omni Dallas. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-225484

The Art Briles era is over at Baylor, the school firing the most successful head football coach in its history Thursday amid the sexual assaults scandal at the university.

Speculation has defensive coordinator Phil Bennett taking over the Bears' program on an interim basis. But even if he is named interim head coach for 2016, Bennett might not be the school's choice to lead its program in future years.