Baylor ex-coach admits to 'mistakes' in first statement since firing

Former Baylor University football coach Art Briles admitted to making mistakes on Thursday in his first statement since being dismissed from the world's largest Baptist university over a sexual abuse scandal involving athletes at the Texas school. Baylor said last week it would begin the process to fire Briles, who transformed the moribund football program into a national power, after an independent report found administrators mishandled sexual abuse cases involving football players. "I have certainly made mistakes and, in hindsight, I would have done certain things differently," Briles said in a statement released to Waco TV broadcaster KWTX.

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