Temple’s Matt Rhule to become HC at Baylor

Rhule is now the head coach of the Temple Owls in Philadelphia.

In 2012, Rhule was an offensive line coach for the New York Giants, after six years on the coaching staff at Temple.

Rhule, 41, has continued to develop Temple’s football program since taking over as head coach in 2013, leading the Owls to a 28-23 record, consecutive 10-win seasons and two bowl games in his four seasons at the helm. Baylor’s inclusion in the Big 12 – when the Southwest Conference splintered in 1996 – was debated, and the program didn’t enjoy its first winning season in the new conference until 2010, Briles’ third year with the program. The situation at Baylor may be a bit more complicated than it has been for Rhule at Temple, but if Baylor has to start from the ground up, then Rhule may be just the man for the job. He returned to Philadelphia as the Owls head coach in 2013, and had a contract through 2021 after an extension previous year.

But a little after 9 a.m. Tuesday, I started fielding calls and text messages about Temple coach Matt Rhule.

Jim Grobe, who has served as Baylor’s acting coach since Briles’ firing, will step down following the Bears’ appearance in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl on December 27.

“Right now it’s all up in the air in the next 24 hours”, Foley said.

While Rutgers and Temple battled on the recruiting trail in recent years – particularly in the southern part of New Jersey – Scarlet Knights coach Chris Ash struck an unusual alliance with Rhule last summer. The Owls are coming off a dominant win over Navy, 34-10 to wrap up the AAC title. On Monday, I was told Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was talking to Baylor about its opening.

Another user sent him a 10-tweet screed with racial undertones that challenged Kelly’s coaching philosophy. But it’s a balance, the second-year athletic director said. If we’re going to recruit the type of players that we want here, we have to recruit at a higher level. “I think it’s a good fit”. The backbone of the Temple program has been a sound and physical defense, which doesn’t exactly scream Baylor football. It’s not the football program and everybody else.

When you have a precious commodity, other people will covet what you have. Athletic Director Terry Mohajir had said that no representative from Baylor contacted him wishing to speak with Anderson, who did not respond to messages from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette seeking comment.