LSU defensive coordinator Aranda takes Baylor head coach job

Former LSU football player Duke Riley (left) meets up with Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Dave Aranda (right) during 2017 Spring football game on Saturday, April 22, 2017. Photo courtesy of The LSU ReveilleBy Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer

Louisiana State University defensive coordinator Dave Aranda has been hired to be Baylor University’s next head football coach. Aranda joins the Bears as the curator of the national champion Tigers defense.

The former LSU coach spent the past four seasons in Baton Rouge, La, as associate head coach and DC, coaching one of the best units in the college ranks. Before LSU, Aranda spent three years as DC at Wisconsin. His teams have finished…