Disgraced former Baylor coach Dave Bliss is back in coaching 12 years after he resigned from the Bears, according to NewsOK. Bliss has been hired by NAIA school Southwestern Christian University in Oklahoma.
Former Baylor coach Dave Bliss hired at NAIA school
Bliss has been out of coaching since a 2003 scandal at Baylor.
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Bliss resigned for covering up NCAA violations. Most notably, he made improper payments to late Baylor player Patrick Dennehy and then framed Dennehy as a drug dealer after his murder to explain where the money had come from. Bliss has a book coming out soon, in which he writes that he has changed himself through his faith in God:
“I don’t think for a minute any of you would do something as foolish as what I did,” Bliss writes, “but you need to understand something: I didn’t think I would, either. My obedience to what God can do with my story is truly what drives me nowadays. Although there are parts of my story that I am not proud of, I am grateful for God’s faithfulness.”
Southwestern Christian president Reggies Wenyika supported Bliss in a statement to NewsOK:
Southwestern president Reggies Wenyika said, “Coach Bliss fits well within our mission and culture and embraces what a Christian-based education is all about.”
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