Art Briles, college football’s resident pariah and father-in-law of OU offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, was spotted on the field after OU’s 28-11 win against SMU on Saturday night at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The former Baylor head coach, who was fired in 2016 for his handling of multiple sexual assaults by football players, was photographed wearing a crimson OU shirt while talked with Lebby, who was on the Baylor coaching staff during that tumultuous time.

Sooner fans on social pleaded with the OU administration, including head football coach Brent Venables and athletic director Joe Castiglione, not to allow Briles near the team.

Venables was asked about Briles’ visit in his postgame news conference and said he wasn’t aware of it, but the situation was “being dealt with.”

“That’s my father-in-law,” Lebby told reporters after the game. “That’s the grandfather to my two kids. So he was down with our entire family after the game, well after the game.”

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Even after his exit from Baylor, Briles has remained involved in football, albeit with brief stops.

Briles lasted four days as Grambling’s offensive coordinator before resigning in early 2022.

Briles was announced as the head coach last month for the upstart International Football Alliance’s team based in Dallas that is set to begin play in 2024.

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