FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2007, file photo, Art Briles answers questions after being introduced as the new coach of the Baylor University football team during a press conference in Waco, Texas. Baylor University has explained for the first time how Briles, the school's former football coach and others responded to a woman's claims that she was gang-raped by five players. University officials told The Dallas Morning News on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, that the student-athlete informed her coach in April 2013 that she had been assaulted a year earlier and provided the names of the players. The university contends the coach reported the matter to Briles, ex-athletic director Ian McCaw and a sports administrator. (AP Photo/Duane A. Laverty, FileDUANE A. LAVERTY/Associated Press

Report: Ex-Baylor HC Art Briles 'Very Interested' in Coaching Football in Italy

Tyler ConwayJul 23, 2018

Art Briles could be on the verge of coaching football again.

In Italy.

The former Baylor coach reportedly is "very interested" in coaching a football team based in Florence, Italy, per Mac Engel of the Star-Telegram. Briles has been unable to find coaching work following his firing from Baylor after allegedly helping cover up widespread acts of sexual abuse by players on the Bears football roster.

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A deal is reportedly "in the works."

American football is not nearly as popular in Italy but might be Briles' only avenue to return to coaching. He was briefly hired by a Canadian football team last year before backlash caused them to sever ties.

Baylor paid Briles $17.9 million as part of a buyout agreement when he was let go. Briles has maintained he did not help cover up any acts of impropriety by Baylor football players. He coached the Bears from 2008-2015.