Jake Spavital Joins Baylor as Offensive Coordinator

Move comes after Baylor's disappointing season, with hopes of revamping the team's offense.

Jake Spavital is leaving California after one season to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Baylor, where head coach Dave Aranda was retained after a 3-9 season.
Spavital is coming off his second one-year stint as offensive coordinator at Cal, where he also was in 2016. He began his coaching career as West Virginia’s quarterbacks coach from 2011-12, then went to Texas A&M as offensive coordinator/QBs coach for three seasons.
His first departure from Cal came to return to West Virginia at OC from 2017-18 before four seasons as head coach at FBS team Texas State.
Aranda was the defensive coordinator for LSU’s national championship in 2019 before becoming Baylor’s head coach. He is expected to take over play-calling duties on defense even with Matt Powledge remaining as defensive coordinator.
Baylor was 13th in the 14-team Big 12 this season scoring 23.1 points a game and 11th averaging only 377.8 total yards per game. The Bears were last in scoring defense, giving up 33.3 points a game.