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"Oklahoma football: Baylor assistant coach caught on sideline at OU-Tulsa game":
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NORMAN — Bob Stoops called it “a pretty fundamental rule.”
Art Briles called it “embarrassing.”
Whatever you want to call it, Baylor assistant coach Jeff Lebby’s presence on the Tulsa sideline at Saturday’s game is a clear violation of NCAA bylaw 11.6.1, which prohibits “off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents.”
Lebby — Baylor’s passing game coordinator, running backs coach and offensive recruiting coordinator — stood on Tulsa’s sideline for at least one quarter of the Sooners’ 52-38 win Saturday on Owen Field. The OU graduate and former OU student assistant coach was in town for a wedding and stopped by the game with his wife to visit friends.
First-year Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery was previously Baylor’s offensive coordinator. The Bears were idle last week, and host the Sooners in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 14.
Montgomery issued a statement Monday afternoon admitting that he left credentials for Lebby and his wife, calling that decision “a mistake” and “a poor decision.”
“There was no malicious intent on my part,” Montgomery said in the statement. “I’ve known Jeff since he was in the sixth grade. I called Coach Stoops today and apologized for this situation.”
Stoops said earlier Monday he didn’t know Lebby was at the game until it was over.
“That’s not allowed,” Stoops said. “I don’t know what he was doing here. … It’s something that needs to be reported and needs to be dealt with through the Big 12 office and our people, so I’m sure they will.”
Briles, Baylor’s head coach, said he didn’t plan to discipline Lebby — Briles’ son-in-law — himself, but that he would leave any other penalties to the school’s compliance office.
Briles said he called Stoops to apologize Saturday evening after he learned about the situation.
“To me, there’s not an advantage first and foremost in today’s world,” Briles said. “We have every film they ever got and they get every film we’ve ever got.
“It’s unfortunate. I hate it. I hate it from the perception standpoint. But anybody who knows football knows, it’s like, if they want to have somebody come stand on our sideline, that’s alright. Because there is no advantage in doing it.”
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NORMAN — Bob Stoops called it “a pretty fundamental rule.”
Art Briles called it “embarrassing.”
Whatever you want to call it, Baylor assistant coach Jeff Lebby’s presence on the Tulsa sideline at Saturday’s game is a clear violation of NCAA bylaw 11.6.1, which prohibits “off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents.”
Lebby — Baylor’s passing game coordinator, running backs coach and offensive recruiting coordinator — stood on Tulsa’s sideline for at least one quarter of the Sooners’ 52-38 win Saturday on Owen Field. The OU graduate and former OU student assistant coach was in town for a wedding and stopped by the game with his wife to visit friends.
First-year Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery was previously Baylor’s offensive coordinator. The Bears were idle last week, and host the Sooners in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 14.
Montgomery issued a statement Monday afternoon admitting that he left credentials for Lebby and his wife, calling that decision “a mistake” and “a poor decision.”
“There was no malicious intent on my part,” Montgomery said in the statement. “I’ve known Jeff since he was in the sixth grade. I called Coach Stoops today and apologized for this situation.”
Stoops said earlier Monday he didn’t know Lebby was at the game until it was over.
“That’s not allowed,” Stoops said. “I don’t know what he was doing here. … It’s something that needs to be reported and needs to be dealt with through the Big 12 office and our people, so I’m sure they will.”
Briles, Baylor’s head coach, said he didn’t plan to discipline Lebby — Briles’ son-in-law — himself, but that he would leave any other penalties to the school’s compliance office.
Briles said he called Stoops to apologize Saturday evening after he learned about the situation.
“To me, there’s not an advantage first and foremost in today’s world,” Briles said. “We have every film they ever got and they get every film we’ve ever got.
“It’s unfortunate. I hate it. I hate it from the perception standpoint. But anybody who knows football knows, it’s like, if they want to have somebody come stand on our sideline, that’s alright. Because there is no advantage in doing it.”
