), 0 Times (Tourn. Baylor Bears basketball history. In front of a very pro-Baylor crowd of over 47,000, the Bears were defeated by the Duke Blue Devils, 78-71, to end the magical run to the Elite Eight. The Bear's Sweet 16 match-up was #10 seed St. Mary's, which had defeated #2 seed Villanova the previous week to advance to the Sweet 16. Another assistant, Rodney Belcher, was hit with a seven-year show-cause order for lying about recruiting violations committed in the course of bringing Dennehy to Baylor. In Baylor's second season of basketball then cross-town rival TCU began their program which the Bears defeated twice during the 1908-09 season. Besides paying parts of Dennehy and Herring's tuition, Bliss admitted that he'd concealed under-the-table payments to Herring and lied to both the NCAA and Baylor investigators. His best season was the 1987–88 season, in which the Mustangs won their first outright Southwest Conference regular-season title in 21 years and won the Southwest Conference tournament. David Gregory Bliss[1] (born September 20, 1943) is an American basketball coach. His best season at the school was 1995–96, when the Lobos finished 28–5 — second best in school history. It was the best season in the Scott Drew era as defined by conference standing, overall ranking, wins, and NCAA tournament wins. Rouse later sued his attorney for releasing the tapes to investigators. The memo reported that Koncak had illegally received the money during his junior and senior years from boosters as well as Bliss. Bill Henderson's 1948 team advanced to play the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA championship, but fell 58–42 to Adolph Rupp's first national championship team. Ralph Glaze's (1911–1914) .788 winning percentage ranks a… 7 Times (Preseason), 7 Times (Final), 139 Weeks (Total). KBTX reported that Bliss had broken TAPPS rules by illegally recruiting potential players from other schools, including two senior transfers from Houston currently on the team. Internal and NCAA investigations during 2005 revealed further violations. Bliss got his first head coaching position at the University of Oklahoma, where he coached from 1975 to 1980. 7 nationally by HoopScoop. The Bears won handily over the Gaels, 72-49, after leading 47-19 at the half. The remainder of the 1927 season was cancelled. Baylor University hired Bliss as head coach for Baylor Bears basketball on March 23, 1999.[6]. It was at Oklahoma where Bliss met his wife, Claudia.[4]. Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent). The event was also memorialized in bronze on the Baylor campus in Traditions Plaza in 2007. He served as the head men's basketball coach at University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, the University of New Mexico, Baylor University, and Southwestern Christian University, an NAIA school in Bethany, Oklahoma. The driver caught sight of the train at the last moment and tried to steer away, but the Sunshine Special crashed into the bus at near 60 mph tearing off the roof and one side. Baylor was a charter member of the Southwest Conference (SWC), joining in 1915. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 where he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. In his four seasons at Baylor, Bliss's team only made the post-season once. After serving as an assistant at Cornell from 1969 to 1971, Bliss rejoined Knight at Indiana University from 1971 to 1975, where he met graduate assistant coach Doug Ash. Additionally, the NCAA further punished the team by initiating a non-conference ban for the 2005-2006 season and extending the probationary period during which the school would have limited recruiting privileges. [13], In 2017, a Las Vegas high school hired him as their head coach. Are you a Stathead, too? Current head coach: Scott Drew (2003-) Assoc. In spite of these challenges, head coach Scott Drew was able to put together a 2005 signing class ranked No. The NCAA investigation memo from Bliss's time at SMU leaked during 2003, at the peak of the Baylor scandal. What I did was against the rules. With the suspension the Bears lost the game and were shut out of postseason play for the first time since 2007.       Conference regular season champion   [11], In 2015, Bliss was hired as the head coach at NAIA-member school Southwestern Christian University.       Postseason invitational champion   Ash was hit with a five-year show-cause order. In his four seasons at Baylor, Bliss's team only made the post-season once. The team again advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1950 under Henderson losing to the Bradley Braves 68-66. Luther Burleson coached the first basketball team at Baylor in 1907 also doubling as the football coach.