Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Thursday that Dave Aranda is in Baton Rouge and LSU is working to add him in an analyst-type role, though no deal had been finalized as of those reports.
- Aranda was fired by Baylor after a 25-24 loss to Kansas and the school announced his departure on Oct. 25; he finished 40-40 across seven seasons in Waco.
- Aranda previously served as LSU’s defensive coordinator from 2016–2019 and was the architect of the Tigers’ 2019 national-championship defense.
- The proposed position is described by reporters as an off-field, analyst-style job focused on game planning and schematic input rather than on-field coaching, and outlets stress negotiations remain in the works.
- Reporters say LSU sees Aranda as both immediate schematic help and internal depth if defensive coordinator Blake Baker draws external head-coaching interest, and his addition would come as LSU prepares for upcoming ranked opponents.