Back to the Baylor Bears Newsfeed

Athletic director: 'When I got to Baylor, we did not' drug test

Related Topics: Athletic director, Mack Rhoades

Baylor did not have an internal drug-testing program for its student-athletes when he arrived last year, athletic director Mack Rhoades said Tuesday.

In his weekly appearance on Waco's 1660-AM, Rhoades said that his three previous schools as athletic director - Akron, Houston and Missouri -- had internal substance-abuse policies and testing for student-athletes.

"When I got to Baylor, we did not test," Rhoades said, noting that any random testing would have only come during Big 12 or NCAA events. "We did not have any robust program. We implemented it. It was one of the 105 Pepper Hamilton recommendation.