Riding the high of a national championship, LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda has chosen to accept his first head coaching job and is set to become the new head coach at Baylor, according to multiple media reports.
Baylor lost coach Matt Rhule to the NFL when he signed a lucrative 7-year deal to become the next head coach of the Carolina Panthers.
Aranda was the highest-paid coordinator in all of college football having coached at LSU since 2016, where he served as associate head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He made $2.5 million last year.