UPDATED: Big Board for Baylor offensive coordinator search

The next hire is always the most important for a head football coach, but that is triply true for Baylor’s Dave Aranda. Sources told Dave Campbell’s over the weekend that he was taking over play-calling duties on defense and replacing offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes with someone possessing “head coaching experience” so that Aranda doesn’t need to micromanage the offense while fixing a defense that allowed two touchdowns more in 2023 than it did during the 12-win 2021 season that culminated in a Big 12 and Sugar Bowl championship. 

Who are some of the names that fit that criterion? We take a look at more than a handful, including a few with direct ties to Aranda’s coaching past. This list will be constantly updated. Sean Lewis and Seth Littrell took new jobs since the first publication of this story and have been removed.