Former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe to be named Bay

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Former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe to be named Bay

Jim Grobe is one of college football's good guys.He's a defense-first coach. He did the unthinkable he won at Wake Forest and took the Demon Deacons to three consecutive bowl games.MORE: That's why he's a fantastic Robert Covington Jersey choice as Baylor's interim coach.He's expected to officially be named to that role, Monday. Sporting News confirmed the report through a source.Along with that appointment, the rest of the Bears staff is expected to remain intact, according to the report.Last week Baylor announced that " The appointment of Grobe all but makes that a foregone conclusion.The decision to remove Briles (and place AD Ian McCaw on probation and demote university president Ken Starr to chancellor) came from the Board of Regents after the school conducted an "independent and external review of Baylor's institutional response to Philadelphia 76ers Jersey Title IX and related compliance i sues through the lens of specific cases."So it's not going to be all fun and games for Grobe. He's not stepping into the best situation in the public eye.MORE: | But his job is going to be football-centric. Keep the program from falling off the planet while ensuring there are no more off-the-field problems.And that's why he's a perfect fit for this situation.The 64-year-old Grobe inherits one of the nation's best teams. The Justin Anderson Jersey Bears, led by , have one of the game's best offenses. Keeping the a sistants helps with continuity and Grobe's defense-first mindset can't hurt the Bears (they allowed 28.3 points and 396.5 yards per game in 2015). Moses Malone Jersey Plus, Grobe has nothing to lose. that Baylor will search for a permanent coach after the 2016 season. Could that be Grobe? It's certainly po sible. Sporting News' Bill Bender compiled a list with prior to the Grobe news.MORE: | Grobe will arrive in Waco with no coaching stops in the state of Texas.The 2006 ACC and AP Coach of the Year coached linebackers at Marshall and Air Force before being named head coach at Ohioin 1995. In six seasons he was 33-33-1 there before taking over at Wake Forest. The Deacons owned 10 winning seasons since joining the ACC in 1952. In Tiago Splitter Jersey 13 seasons at Wake, Grobe had five winning seasons and was 77-82. That stretch included three consecutive seasons (2006 to 2008) where the Deacons went to bowl games the first and only time that's happened in Wake football history.Wake Forest won the ACC title in 2006 and played in the BCS Orange Bowl.
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