Waco, TX -- (Sports Network) - Baylor University is reportedly set to name Art Briles its new head football coach.

According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, a source close to San Francisco 49ers assistant head coach Mike Singletary, who also interviewed for the job, told the former Baylor All-American linebacker that Briles will get the job.

The school has scheduled a 5:30 p.m. (ct) news conference to announce its decision.

Briles has spent the last five years at the University of Houston, where he amassed a 34-28 record and piloted the Cougars to four bowl appearances.

Briles would replace Guy Morriss, who was fired on November 18 after a disappointing 3-9 season in which the team went 0-8 in the Big 12.

Morriss finished his tenure at Baylor with an 18-40 record, including a 7-33 record in the Big 12.

Baylor hasn't had a winning season since a 7-4 campaign in 1995. Since joining the Big 12 in 1996, the Bears have won more than three games only twice: in the 2005 and 2006 campaigns, both under Morriss.