The Baylor Bears fired head football coach Dave Aranda, announcing the news Sunday morning. The move comes the day after they lost 25-24 to the Kansas Jayhawks, falling to 4-3 and 2-2 in Big 12 play.
He was in his seventh season as their head coach and finished his time in Waco with a 40-40 record. The Bears peaked in 2021, going 12-2 and winning the Sugar Bowl. He couldn't build on that momentum, and the program had just one winning season after that.
They are entering a short week and will play the UCF Knights Friday night on the road as they try to salvage the season. Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman was named the interim head coach by Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Doug McNamee.
Who is Baylor football interim coach Joe Klanderman?
Klanderman is in his first year
at Baylor after spending the past seven seasons with the Kansas State Wildcats. He is also in charge of Baylor's safeties.
The Hammond, Wisconsin, native played along the defensive line at Minnesota State from 1997-2001 before getting into coaching, and has experience at all three levels. He started his coaching career as Minnesota State's defensive line coach in 2002, taking over as their defensive backs coach in 2005. He was named their defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2007, a position he held until 2013.
He served as the defensive backs coach for the North Dakota State Bison from 2014-18. He joined Kansas State in 2019 as their safeties coach, getting promoted to defensive coordinator in 2020, where he stayed until joining Baylor's coaching staff this offseason.
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