Overview
- Baylor removed Dave Aranda on Sunday after a 25-24 loss at Kansas left the team 4-3 and ended the game with a blocked 45-yard field-goal attempt.
- Aranda posted a public statement on X expressing gratitude to players and the community and writing, “No apologies, no regrets, simply gratitude.”
- Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman was promoted to interim head coach and will lead Baylor through the remainder of the season as the program evaluates candidates.
- Reporting says the school faces an expected buyout near $12 million for Aranda and athletic director Doug McNamee, in his first major coaching decision, pointed to unmet on-field expectations.
- Aranda leaves with a 40-40 record after a 2021 high point that included a Big 12 title and a Sugar Bowl win, and coverage cites roster turnover and a slow embrace of the transfer portal as key factors in the program’s decline.