San Marcos — Individuals close to the situation and Internet reports confirmed that David Bailiff emerged from a host of candidates and has accepted the head coaching job at Rice University in Houston.
Bailiff, a Texas State graduate, has been the subject of rumors surrounding a number of jobs at the I-A level since leading the Bobcats to a co-Southland Conference championship and a spot in the I-AA national semi-finals in 2005. He was already a candidate for similar positions while at Texas Christian University. As the defensive coordinator at TCU, Bailiff's unit was number one in the nation in 2002, allowing just 240.2 yards of total offense.
The Bobcats are coming off a season where Bailiff's squad went 5-6 and 3-3 in the Southland Conference.
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that there will be a press conference tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. announcing Bailiff's hiring.
Bailiff, who graduated from San Antonio-MacArthur High, is in his third stint at Texas State after graduating from the school in 1981. He was a graduate assistant and defensive line coach from 1988-1992 and a defensive coordinator from 1997-2000. He took over the head coaching job in February of 2004 and began turning things around immediately, going 5-6 in his first campaign despite inheriting a program with a number of issues. He then presided over the 2005 season, the best in Texas State history at the Division I-AA level.
Bailiff's squad lost in the national semi-finals 40-37 to Northern Iowa, falling just a game short of a trip to Chattanooga for the national championship game.
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