Report: Baylor fires Aranda after loss to Kansas

WACO, TEXAS - OCTOBER 17: Head coach Dave Aranda of the Baylor Bears reacts after the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at McLane Stadium on October 17, 2026 in Waco, Texas.
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Baylor fired head coach Dave Aranda after Saturday's loss to Kansas that dropped the team to 4-3, sources told Pete Thamel of ESPN.

The decision comes amid Baylor's two-game losing streak, which also includes a loss to TCU.

Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman will step in as interim coach, Thamel adds.

Aranda had been the Bears' head coach since 2020, compiling a 40-40 record.

His best season came in 2021, when Baylor went 12-2 and won the Sugar Bowl. However, the program hasn't come close to reaching those heights again, posting records of 6-7 in 2022, 3-9 in 2023, 8-5 in 2024, and 5-7 in 2025.

Aranda served as LSU's defensive coordinator before taking the Baylor job in 2019.

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