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Breaking: Mack Rhoades Officially OUT as Baylor's Athletic Director

Mack Rhoades has officially stepped down as Baylor’s athletic director, SicEm365 has confirmed.
November 20, 2025
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Mack Rhoades has officially stepped down as Baylor’s athletic director, SicEm365 has confirmed. ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported the news.

Rhoades was the center of national headlines following an alleged verbal and physical altercation with star tight end Michael Trigg on Sept. 20, when the Bears faced Arizona State.

Rhoades was cleared of wrongdoing by the school, but less than a week after the Trigg story broke, Rhoades missed a dinner with prominent donors and took a self-initiated leave of absence, effective Wednesday, Nov. 12.

The leave, however, was not connected to any Title IX matters, problems within the football program or NCAA rules issues; it was due to personal reasons. Rhoades also had to step down as the chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee.

Rhoades took over in July 2016, and across his 10 years in Waco, Baylor has won 24 Big 12 titles and 10 national championships. Since 2011, Baylor has led the country in combined wins among football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball.

Baylor will be searching for a new athletic director for the first time since 2016 — a pivotal moment for the athletic department and university. It also comes at a time when the new athletic director will likely have to coordinate a coaching search, as it’s expected that football head coach Dave Aranda will not stick around for a seventh season.

The current co-interim athletic directors are Jovan Overshown and Cody Hall.

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Breaking: Mack Rhoades Officially OUT as Baylor's Athletic Director

26,645 Views | 86 Replies | Last: 15 days ago by boognish_bear
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ImABearToo said:

Full disclose is a lost art around Pat Neff Hall.

. . . ever since the war
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Stefano DiMera said:

I'm not concerned.

Unless you're one of those traumatized because some statues got moved.

She's turned Baylor into a Tier 1 institution which is something a lot of our peers can't even snif.

. . . I'm still pissed about Rufus
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

Good grieve. Both Livingston and Mack issued class statements yet posters act offended.

just give us the facts
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SIC EM 94 said:

Why was he allowed to "resign"? Baylor too chicken sh*t to actually fire him?


. . . chicken sh*t, for sure. it's the baylor way
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Aliceinbubbleland said:

Good grieve. Both Livingston and Mack issued class statements yet posters act offended.

There is nothing "class" about Mack's statement when you do what he did. Surely everyone knows why he is gone right?
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SIC EM 94 said:

Aliceinbubbleland said:

Good grieve. Both Livingston and Mack issued class statements yet posters act offended.

There is nothing "class" about Mack's statement when you do what he did. Surely everyone knows why he is gone right?


Typical Bubble
Thank you Miami Hurricanes. 10-3. :)
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SIC EM 94 said:

Aliceinbubbleland said:

Good grieve. Both Livingston and Mack issued class statements yet posters act offended.

There is nothing "class" about Mack's statement when you do what he did. Surely everyone knows why he is gone right?


What he do?
ImABearToo
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Tell us please. Inquiring minds want to know.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
ImABearToo
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Girls soccer made the S16. We got that working for us.
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Stefano DiMera
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The rampant speculation is affair.

I've seen the person's name posted on several social media sites but I'm not going to post it here.

I've seen her Facebook. I assume that's why the statement last week it didn't involve an employee or Title IX issue. Plus the statement from Mack he needs to work on some things.
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Then post the link to one of the sites
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I'm taking the win here and moving on. Let's get a new AD and a consistent winning FB coach.
Stefano DiMera
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Then I might as well post her name.

I'm not going to do that since nothing is confirmed. Like I said it's speculation.

Could have been some angry hen who hates this lady who posted her name.

Only other thing I'll say is one site (Reddit) had the lady's occupation. And another site had her name (Instagram) and I searched Facebook and the name matched the occupation.
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chorne68
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boognish_bear said:



Me too!
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Bearsalwayswin said:

mosley and morris + mestemaker (and keep spav)

dickey and morris + mestemaker (and keep spav)


Looks like Mestemaker gonna make a nice payday somewhere


 
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