His seat remains hot unless he can close the year strong. Warm: Dave Aranda (Baylor), Brent Brennan (Arizona), Sonny Dykes (TCU), Lance Leipold (Kansas) Aranda’s seat has cooled dramatically from where it was earlier in the season. Baylor is 6-4 after a ...

According to ESPN’s Dave Wilson and CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah, Aranda is set to return as the Bears’ head football coach for the 2025 season. Aranda came into the 2024 campaign facing pressure after Baylor posted a 3-9 record last year.

Baylor coach Dave Aranda will return next season, the school confirmed after Saturday's 49-35 win at West Virginia.

A Baylor spokesperson confirmed to Fox 44 Sports that Baylor head coach Dave Aranda will be retained by the Bears and remain at the helm in 2025. Aranda is in the midst of a four-game win streak and clinched postseason eligibility earlier today with a 49-35 victory over West Virginia.

When the Baylor Bears hired Dave Aranda as their head coach in 2020 following his brilliant work as defensive coordinator for the 2019 LSU Tigers, they were expecting that he would make them a major force in the Big 12 Conference.