Art Briles Biography

Arthur Ray Briles (born December 3, 1955) is a former American football coach and former player. Briles was formerly the head coach at Baylor University from 2008 through 2015, from which he was fired in the wake of a major sexual assault scandal in his football program. Previously, Briles was the head coach at the University of Houston from 2002 to 2007. He is the author of Beating Goliath: My Story of Football and Faith (2014). He is the subject of a biography written by Nick Eatman entitled Looking Up: My Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (2013).