Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Friday that Baylor is expected to formally interview former Baylor quarterback and Heisman winner Robert Griffin III for the school's vacant head coach position.
- Griffin, 36, is a Fox Sports college football analyst and Baylor’s only Heisman Trophy winner but has no college or NFL coaching experience and has been preparing for the meeting with help from a former college head coach.
- The opening followed Baylor’s Oct. 25 firing of Dave Aranda and the promotion of defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman to interim head coach, who has since won two games and guided the Bears to a 6-3 record and bowl eligibility.
- Commentary on the reported interview is split, with some viewing it as a sincere evaluation of an unconventional candidate and others calling it a symbolic nod to a program legend; coverage points to recent hires of high‑profile former players as context.
- Athletic director Doug McNamee is expected to keep evaluating multiple candidates into December as the program weighs Griffin’s name recognition and recruiting ties against coaching experience and the financial and timing limits posed by Aranda’s buyout.