BATON ROUGE, La., — Neither Head Coach Willie Taggart nor Athletics Director Ross Bjork chose to make extensive comment to the media about the status of defensive coordinator Lance Guidry following WKU’s 42-9 loss to No. 1 Louisiana State Saturday.

Guidry was arrested early Saturday morning in Baton Rouge for driving while intoxicated, his third such arrest.

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He was on the WKU sideline in his normal coaching capacity for the entire game.

Taggart and a reporter had the following exchange about Guidry in the postgame press conference:

Reporter: “Your defensive coordinator was arrested this morning for driving while intoxicated. Any comment?”

Taggart: “Um, any questions about football?”

Reporter: “Well he was coaching tonight, so I mean obviously you didn’t decide that would disqualify him from doing his job. Do you have any comments on that?”

Taggart: “No I don’t.”

When asked if the university had knowledge of Guidry’s arrest before the game, Bjork said WKU “has all the information” on the case.

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Bjork said the team’s focus was on getting back to Bowling Green and preparing for its final two regular season games.

He did, however, say the university would make a more extensive statement in the coming days.

An affidavit filed by the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison said Guidry’s blood alcohol content at the time of the arrest was a .123. He also failed a field sobriety test.

Guidry was arrested in April of 1990 and September of 2003 on similar charges.