There were reports that former Baylor coach Art Briles had a chance to become the next head coach at Houston and was scheduled for an interview. However, Houston has now made it clear that Briles was never an option and will not be interviewed.
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Houston releases a statement. It will not interview Art Briles. pic.twitter.com/m1nrAVKH6Y
— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) December 3, 2016
But it sounds like there was at least one important person at Houston who wanted to interview Briles to give him a chance.
Houston board chair Tillman Fertitta wanted to interview Art Briles but overruled by UH Prez/AD. UH says it will not interview Briles
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 3, 2016
Good thing Fertitta doesn't make all the decisions or else Houston could have gotten itself into a bad situation with a coach who really shouldn't be heading up a program so soon after being dismissed for a sexual assault scandal. And Fertitta seems to be disputing McMurphy's report as well:
https://twitter.com/38Godfrey/status/805129933949468677
Fertitta might be a booster, but he is definitely the AD or the school president so to think he has that kind of power might be ridiculous. The only person in college football who has that kind of power is probably Phil Knight for Oregon.
