WACO, Texas — Kevin Steele was fired as Baylor University’s football coach Nov. 3 but agreed to finish out the season, after compiling a four-year record of 9–33.
Steele, hired before the 1999 season, has been feeling heat from alumni following several embarrassing defeats.
A week after Baylor’s 70–22 season-opening setback at California, a small plane flew over the Bears’ stadium dragging banners with messages directed at Stanton and Steele. One read, “Tom Stanton — Thou Shalt Not Steele.”
Other Baylor defeats this year include 23–0 to New Mexico, 41–0 to Texas A&M, 34–0 to Colorado and 44–10 to Kansas State.
The Bears’ last winning season was a 7–4 finish in 1995, and their last bowl was a 10–3 defeat against Washington State in the Alamo Bowl after the 1994 season.
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