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Temple coach Matt Rhule, who guided the Owls to back-to-back 10-win seasons and an American Athletic Conference championship, will be named Baylors new coach, the school announced Tuesday.Rhule got a seven-year deal at Baylor, sources told ESPNs Brett McMurphy.Rhule, 41, replaces former Bears coach Art Briles, who was fired in late May in wake of the schools sexual assault scandal. Rhule, a native of State College, Pennsylvania, has a 28-23 record in four seasons at Temple.We could not be more excited, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades said in a statement. ... When we set out on our search for a new leader of our football program, we wanted a coach who shared our values, who had demonstrated success, who showed a true commitment to the overall student-athlete and who we believed could lead Baylor to a national championship.We found all of that and more in Matt and I know he will be a perfect fit with the Baylor Family.Jim Grobe, who guided the Bears to a 6-6 record as acting coach this season, will step down after Baylor plays Boise State in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl on Dec. 27.Rhule takes over a Baylor program that has been plagued by off-the-field problems for much of the past year. In late May, the Baylor Board of Regents -- after hearing the Pepper Hamilton findings on how the university handled sexual assault complaints -- fired Briles, sanctioned athletic director Ian McCaw and removed Ken Starr from his role as president. McCaw and Starr would later leave the university altogether.I am truly honored and humbled to join the Baylor family, Rhule said in a statement . Baylor is a tremendous institution with a history of football success and I know the passion that so many have for the Bears will help bring the community together to reach even greater heights. I am excited to get started.In Rhules first season at Temple in 2013, after inheriting one of the worst programs in the FBS, the Owls went 2-10. Temple went 6-6 in his second season before breaking through with a 10-4 campaign last season.This season, Temple finished 10-3 and defeated No. 19 Navy 34-10 in Saturdays AAC championship game. The Owls will play Wake Forest in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman on Dec. 27, and sources told ESPN that assistant head coach/tight ends coach Ed Foley will serve as the interim head coach.While much of Rhules coaching experience happened in the Northeast, he seems a good choice to take over the football program at the worlds largest Baptist university. His father, Dennis, attended the Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and was a longtime pastor at a church near Times Square in New York.Rhoades also considered Arkansas States Blake Anderson, SMUs Chad Morris and Californias Sonny Dykes before deciding to hire Rhule.On Monday, Baylor set up a Tuesday meeting with Oklahoma States Mike Gundy, but that meeting between Gundy and Baylor officials was canceled Tuesday morning, a source said. Irving Fryar Jersey . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Sony Michel Patriots Jersey . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. http://www.shoptheofficialpatriots.com/Elite-John-Hannah-Patriots-Jersey/ . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Rob Gronkowski Youth Jersey . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. John Hannah Patriots Jersey . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. BERLIN -- Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4), 6-4 6-1 to preserve Germanys World Group status with a 3-2 win over Poland in their Davis Cup playoff on Sunday.Struff needed just over two hours to beat the 19-year-old Hurkacz in the deciding rubber at the clay court Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin.Earlier, the 20-year-old Marcin Matkowski upset Florian Mayer 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 as Poland came from 2-0 down to level the tie.Struff and Mayer wwon their matches on Friday, but Polands doubles pairing Lukasz Kubot and Matkowski beat Germanys Daniel Brand and Daniel Masur to keep Polands hopes alive on Saturday.ddddddddddddGermany, which lost to the Czech Republic in March, stays in the 16-team World Group for 2017, while Poland returns to Europe/Africa Zone Group I. ' ' '