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Why Jim Grobe said yes to Baylor's interim coaching job

WACO, Texas -- Jim and Holly Grobe had a few trips lined up for this summer. He could’ve kept playing golf every day. He did not need to leave the dream home they’d built on gorgeous Lake Oconee in Georgia.

As her husband put it, Holly has enjoyed being “out of the fire” for these past two years since leaving Wake Forest. So you can imagine how she reacted when Jim got the call.

They were shopping at a Publix grocery store on a Thursday night. Art Briles had just been forced out at Baylor earlier that day.