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AP Source: Baylor will hire former Wake coach Grobe

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. Baylor University will look to rebuild its reputation and perhaps its football program after an outside review found administrators mishandled allegations of sexual assault and the team operated under the perception it was above the rules. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. Baylor University will look to rebuild its reputation and perhaps its football program after an outside review found administrators mishandled allegations of sexual assault and the team operated under the perception it was above the rules. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Baylor helmets on shown the field after an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas. Baylor University will look to rebuild its reputation and perhaps its football program after an outside review found administrators mishandled allegations of sexual assault and the team operated under the perception it was above the rules. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

By Associated Press 3 min read

Baylor will hire former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe to lead its football program this season, a person involved in the decision tells The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because a deal between Grobe and the school was still being finalized.

Baylor is scrambling to replace Art Briles, who was let go last week after the release of a report commissioned by the school that accused the successful coach of not responding to or inappropriately handling allegations of sexual assault and violence by members of his team over the last few years.

Grobe, 64, has been out of coaching the last two years. He spent 13 seasons with Wake Forest, leading the school to some of its best seasons. Grobe was 77-82 overall with Wake, including an Atlantic Coast Conference title and Orange Bowl appearance in 2006. The Demon Deacons went to five bowl games under Grobe, half the school’s overall total.

Grobe resigned after the 2013 season, his fifth straight at Wake Forest that ended with a losing record.