Baylor fires coach Dave Aranda after Kansas loss

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 17:31 · Archive

Baylor dismissed football coach Dave Aranda on Sunday after the team lost to Kansas 25-24.

Baylor dismissed coach Dave Aranda on Sunday after more than six seasons, promoting defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman as interim head coach for the rest of the season. The decision came a day after Baylor lost to Kansas 25-24, falling to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas ended a 14-game losing streak to the Bears, with Blake Herold blocking a field goal attempt in the final minute.

Aranda took over the Baylor programme in 2020 and led the Bears to the Big 12 championship and a Sugar Bowl victory in 2021. However, the programme failed to maintain that success, with just one winning season since then. He finishes at Baylor with a 40-40 record.

Aranda had faced mounting pressure to turn around the programme in his seventh season. The athletic department had hired Klanderman from Kansas State to take over defensive play-calling and signed transfer quarterback DJ Lagway from Florida. Doug McNamee, Baylor's vice president and athletic director, said the change was necessary for the programme's future, while praising Aranda as 'a genuine and honorable person' and 'a gifted coach and brilliant football mind'.

Baylor faces UCF on Friday, a team that defeated then-No. 2 BYU 39-31 in double overtime on Saturday.

How it is being reported

• Baylor fires Dave Aranda after Kansas loss, names defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman interim coachBaylor has fired football coach Dave Aranda after more than six seasons and promoted defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman as interim head coach for the rest of the season.Clickorlando · 25 Oct, 17:02
• Baylor fires coach Dave Aranda after Kansas loss, promotes DC Joe Klanderman in the interimBaylor has fired football coach Dave Aranda after more than six seasons and promoted defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman as interim head coach for the rest of the season.News4Jax · 25 Oct, 17:02

In this story: Dave Aranda · Joe Klanderman · Baylor · Kansas · Big 12 Conference

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