Ex-Baylor head coach Art Briles will no longer be the offensive coordinator at Grambling State. Sources confirmed to 247Sports' Brandon Marcello that Briles resigned from his role Monday. The hire of Briles, which was announced late last week, was met with considerable pushback due to Briles' ties to the sexual assault scandal at Baylor in the mid-2010s, which led to Briles' dismissal at Baylor in 2016.
Grambling State initially denied any reports of Briles joining first-year Grambling State head coach Hue Jackson's staff but later reversed course, though now the two parties have parted ways.
"Unfortunately, I feel that my continued presence will be a distraction to you and your team, which is the last thing that I want," Briles said in a statement to Grambling State, obtained by ESPN's Pete Thamel. "I have the utmost respect (for) the university, and your players."