'It was unclear Monday what, if any, discipline Baylor University officials will hand down to an assistant football coach cited early Sunday for allegedly urinating on the bar at a watering hole frequented by Baylor students.

Eric Schnupp, Baylor’s offensive line/tight ends coach, was issued a citation at 2:20 a.m. for disorderly conduct-reckless exposure at Scruffy Murphy’s, 1226 Speight Ave., said Waco police spokesman Steve Anderson.

The citation was a Class C misdemeanor, carrying a $258 fine, according to a Waco Municipal Court spokeswoman.

The alleged incident happened around closing time, as employees were getting patrons out of the bar, said bartender Danny Severe, who was working at the time.

Severe said an employee witnessed Schnupp urinating on the bar, and a manager told police, who were already at the bar for an unrelated matter.



“While we were kicking everybody out, he apparently thought that nobody was looking and whipped it out and (urinated) on the bar,” Severe said. “He tried to deny it, but there was definitely a puddle and there was no one else around him.”

Severe said Schnupp had taken several shots of hard liquor, most bought for him by other people. Severe said bartenders had not directly served any liquor to Schnupp between 1 and 2 a.m.

Baylor associate athletics director Nick Joos said Monday morning that a call from the Tribune-Herald was the first time Baylor officials had heard about Schnupp’s citation.

After discussions with athletics director Ian McCaw and head football coach Guy Morriss, Joos said, “We are aware of the situation involving Coach Schnupp and discipline will be handled internally. Since this is a university personnel issue, neither Coach Morriss nor Baylor Athletics will comment further on this situation.”

Joos wouldn’t say what disciplinary measures are being considered, but said “I can tell you that Coach Morriss is taking this issue very seriously.”

Schnupp [from the German, "to breathe heavily"], in his first year as a Baylor coach, played football for the University of Miami from 1995-2000 and previously coached at West Texas A&M University.

He traveled with the team to Lawrence, Kan., where they were defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks, 58-10, Saturday afternoon...'