A Conference USA school is reportedly interested in bringing Art Briles back to college football.
Southern Miss will interview the former Baylor coach for its offensive coordinator vacancy, according to the Biloxi Sun Herald. The Golden Eagles are trying to fill a void left by Shannon Dawson, who recently left to join Dana Holgorsen's new staff at Houston.
Briles has not held a prominent coaching job since he was fired by Baylor in 2016 in the wake of the school's sexual assault scandal.
Briles was sacked after a Philadelphia-based law firm concluded that under Briles, "football coaches and staff took improper steps in response to disclosures of sexual assault or dating violence.