WACO — On the morning after his team rose to No. 1 in the country for the third straight season, Scott Drew, at the appointed time, opened his office door...
Baylor’s 65-6 record since the start of the 2019-20 season is the best among Power Five schools. Had the coronavirus not caused the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament, who’s to say that season’s fifth-ranked 26-4 Bears wouldn’t have won it?
At 51, Drew is the youngest active coach with a men’s or women’s Division I basketball title, but of greater significance to him, a passionate evangelist for the world’s largest Baptist university and its tenets. Baylor’s sixth-ranked Big 12 champion football team is preparing to play in Saturday’s Sugar Bowl, coronavirus-willing. Despite three-time national champion coach Kim Mulkey’s stunning exodus to LSU last April, the Lady Bears women’s basketball team is No. 10 in the country under coach Nicki Collen.
When Brown chose Baylor over Kansas and Arizona, he said one of the draws was the program’s foundation in faith, which reminded him of his Kansas high school, Sunrise Christian. “We just prayed for God to send us the right people, so how can we be mad when, on the same day this kid calls and says no to us?”
All seven assistants have been at Baylor for at least five years. Associate head coach Jerome Tang has been on staff for all 19 of Drew’s seasons. Special assistant and director of player development Jared Nuness is in his 12th season. “Most college coaches won’t bring in someone with an NBA background,” Peterson says. “There’s a connotation out there that NBA guys sometimes come off as know-it-alls.
And scouting reports are so fine-tuned, Bears players are even apprised of individual referee tendencies, including how many times they dribble before tossing the ball for the opening tip. Every possession matters, after all. The virus, though, didn’t prevent thousands of fans from greeting the victorious Bears at the Waco airport. Or from the city feting the team with a parade.
“The only thing I know is they have to find a better-looking actor than me; that should be easy,” Drew said. “But I know as a coach, it’s a great story to talk about: What the players were able to achieve and winning the first championship at Baylor.
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