Art Briles should not be employed as a college football coach. Not if you believe character matters. Not if you believe leadership matters. Not if you believe a coach’s past conduct matters. And certainly not if you believe valuing women matters.
College football coaches are tasked with leading young men. Part of leading young men should involve building a culture that values and respects women and disciplining players who don’t.
Briles won games at an impressive clip at Baylor behind an innovative offense, but he failed as a leader. An investigation found Briles presided over a football program in which accusations of sexual assault and violence involving his players went unchecked.