Steele named Baylor football coach
Posted: Thursday December 17, 1998 02:53 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Kevin Steele, the Carolina Panthers
assistant who was attacked on the sidelines last weekend by Kevin
Greene, left the team Thursday to become coach at Baylor.
Steele replaces Dave Roberts, who was fired this month after his
team went 2-9 in each of his two seasons at the school.
The school would not confirm the move, but Steele told the
Panthers of his decision this morning.
"I'm very upset," linebacker Jeff Brady said. "He's a quality
coach. We lost Kevin Steele and that's going to
hurt this program. There's not enough good coaches in this
business. Kevin Steele is an outstanding coach."
Greene went after Steele during the Panthers' loss to Washington
on Sunday. The Panthers said Steele's interview with Baylor had
been arranged before the scuffle.
Steele, who has no head coaching experience, spent three seasons
with the Panthers' inside linebackers after a six-year stint at
Nebraska. He also was an assistant at Oklahoma State, New Mexico
State and Tennessee, where he played from 1976-79.
"He'll do a great job at Baylor, and I'm happy for him,"
Carolina quarterback Steve Beuerlein said. "The players will
respect him and play hard for him."
Other candidates Baylor considered included former Alabama and
Texas A&M coach Gene Stallings and Southern Mississippi coach Jeff
Bower.
Roberts was hired this week as an assistant to Lou Holtz at
South Carolina. He was Holtz's offensive coordinator at Notre Dame
for three years.
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