Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Friday, Nov. 13 that Baylor is expected to interview former Baylor quarterback and Heisman winner Robert Griffin III for the vacant head coaching job.
- The vacancy followed Baylor’s Oct. 25 firing of Dave Aranda and the university named defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman interim, who since then has won games and guided the Bears to bowl eligibility.
- Griffin, 36, works as a Fox Sports college football analyst and is a program legend at Baylor, but he has no prior college or professional head-coaching experience.
- Baylor’s search remains active and still includes experienced targets such as Lincoln Riley and Jeff Traylor, and some observers frame the Griffin interview as either exploratory or a courtesy to a popular alum.
- Any decision will be shaped by timing on a midseason change, the program’s immediate stability under the interim coach, and financial constraints tied to the reported Aranda buyout in Waco.