Baylor: Former Coach Bliss Named Head Coach For CBA Team

Bliss Gets a Coaching Job?: Former Baylor head coach Dave Bliss has been named the new head coach of the CBA’s Dakota Wizards. Bliss, who resigned during the aftermath of the Patrick Dennehy murder investigation, was one of five candidates for the position to replace Casey Owens, whose contract was not renewed. In the last days of Bliss’ Baylor program, he admitted to paying $40,000 for Dennehy and one other player’s tuition under the guise of “scholarships,” failed to notify school administration of failed player drug tests, and told players to tell investigators that Dennehy paid for his tuition by selling drugs. Last June, former Baylor player Carlton Dotson plead guilty to killing Dennehy in June of 2003, and is now serving a 35-year prison sentence. The Bismarck, N.D.-based team is owned by Steve McCormick. [8/26/05]