Dave Bliss, who as Baylor University basketball coach in 2003 was at the center of a murder scandal involving his players, was hired recently to coach the Calvary Chapel boys team and serve as athletic director.
Major NCAA violations committed by the Baylor men’s basketball program when Dave Bliss was coach:
■ Bliss paying for tuition for two players (Patrick Dennehy and Corey Herring) and attempting to conceal it.
■ Coaching staff providing meals, transportation, lodging and clothing to athletes, and paying to tuition and fees for a recruit at another school.
■ Bliss encouraging boosters to donate to a foundation tied to a basketball team that included prospective Baylor recruits.
■ Failure to report positive drug test results of Baylor players.
■ Failure by the coaching staff to exercise institutional control over the basketball program.
