From Baylor president to member of the State Department?

That could be the scenario in front of former Baylor president Ken Starr, who was demoted and later parted ways with the university after allegations of ignored sexual assault claims against Baylor student-athletes. Starr is one of a small group of candidates for the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a position in the State Department which promotes freedom of religion and monitors religious persecution around the world, Foreign Policy reported.

"It's my understanding that it's his (Starr's) job if he wants it," a person close to the situation told Foreign Policy.

Starr, who began as the Baylor president in 2011, previously served as a judge, appellate lawyer and solicitor general. He was part of the team that prosecuted President Bill Clinton in 1998, when Clinton was impeached.

The Pepper Hamilton law firm initially investigated the claims of sexual assault that occurred during Starr's tenure, and found the complaints were improperly handled. Baylor regents produced an estimate that 19 football players were accused of sexual assault since 2011. A recent lawsuit filed by a former Baylor student, however, alleges 31 players engaged in at least 52 acts of rape from 2011-2014.

In addition to Starr, former Bears athletics director Ian McCaw and longtime football coach were fired from the university. Since, McCaw has landed at Liberty in the same position, while Briles has been unable to find work. The details from the most recent lawsuit make it a long shot that Briles will ever coach at the college, or maybe any, level again.

But it appears Starr could be one of the latest appointed members in President Donald Trump's administration.