The scandal surrounding the football team resulted in the firing in 2016 of then-football coach Art Briles and the resignation of Athletic Director Ian McCaw. The university since then has settled several lawsuits from women who said their allegations of sexual assault by football players were mishandled or ignored. Baylor officials settled a federal lawsuit last year involving a former volleyball player who said she was drugged and gang raped by members of the football team in 2012. A former Baylor student accused of raping a woman at a fraternity party was granted a plea deal in December that let him avoid serving jail time.