Grobe moving Baylor forward focused on character, integrity

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jim Grobe has a master's degree in counseling that comes in handy dealing with athletes on and off the field.

Yet, Baylor's acting head coach knows that doesn't qualify him to handle issues such as domestic violence and sexual assault.

The 64-year-old Grobe had put in 19 years as a head coach in the Bowl Subdivision and just two months ago was semi-retired, living in a lakeside home with plans for Hawaiian trips and cruises with his wife.

[...] he is back in the spotlight and then some, leading a Baylor program reeling from allegations that it didn't properly handle claims of sexual misconduct against some of its players in the past.

When Grobe arrived in late May, within days after two-time Big 12 champion coach Art Briles was dismissed following the release of a scathing report , the former Wake Forest coach found a Baylor team that was discouraged, sad and embarrassed.

Briles and the school mutually settled on his departure last month and he has moved away from Waco, though the former coach was seen this week leaving a popular taco joint close to the Baylor campus.

An attorney for a former Baylor student who said she was hit and choked by a former Baylor player said the woman exchanged text messages with Lebby about the incidents in 2014 , and nothing was done other than to tell the player to stay away from her.