“In a day and age where most people are worried about themselves, you have an individual who wants the greater good for the university,” Drew said. “Part of his resigning is he wanted what was best for the university.”

McCaw replaces Barber, who unexpectedly resigned effective immediately on Nov. 17 after nearly 11 years in Lynchburg. Liberty saw tremendous growth under Barber, which included the construction of three facilities and the elevation of all sports on campus.

McCaw hopes to create the same type of success at Liberty that he enjoyed at Baylor. It happens that Liberty’s football program opens the 2017 season at Baylor.

“Certainly we want to develop ‘Champions for Christ,’ we want to provide a world-class experience for student-athletes and we want to achieve victory with integrity,” McCaw said. “Then as we do that, we feel that Liberty can become really the premier Christian athletic program in the country similar to what Notre Dame is to the Catholic community and what BYU is to the Mormon community.”

Baylor, like Liberty, is a Baptist university.

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