Texas Football Coach Tom Herman has decided to hire a former coworker, Casey Horny, as a Quality Control Analyst for Special Teams for the University of Texas Longhorns football team.



That may seem innocuous, but for the fact that Casey Horny is a former employee under Art Briles at Baylor University. He has a Twitter history of seemingly apologizing for, and obfuscating facts around, the rape cover-up scandal at Baylor University that led to the summary firing of Briles, as well as the Baylor AD and the reassignment of the Baylor school president, Kenneth Starr. This scandal has been covered nationally by news outlets including ESPN. Briles and crew denied any existence of a rape problem with his players while repeatedly doing work with his staff and the administration to keep accusations suppressed and the players eligible.

Hiring this guy is tantamount to approval of the wretched behaviors exhibited at Baylor and overtly supported by Horny. Tom Herman seems to be dismissive of this premise. The Texas administration, by allowing this hire, appears tone deaf. The value of supporting women's rights to their own body, frankly, should never be in question for any organization, and Texas and Tom Herman need to be reminded of this by those who support the program under the condition that integrity, respect, dignity and honesty are upheld for all.