Does Robert Griffin III have a real path to the Baylor job?

The Baylor Bears are expected to interview Robert Griffin III for their head coaching job, Pete Nakos of On3 reported Friday, less than three weeks after the school fired Dave Aranda and Griffin went on the air to say he wanted it. Nakos also reported that Griffin has been preparing for the interview with a former college head coach.

Griffin is 36, works as a college football analyst for Fox Sports and has never coached at any level. He made his pitch on The Dan Patrick Show on Oct. 26, the day after Aranda was let go with a 40-40 record over seven seasons, a run that included the 2021 Big 12 title.

“Yes. 100%. If Baylor wants to get back to winning and have a university that isn’t just respectable on the football field, but the fans can be proud of, they need people who know what it looks like to win at Baylor. So yeah, I would 100% be interested. I talked with the athletic director, who is a guy in Doug McNamee that knows what it looks like to win at Baylor, know how you have to win at Baylor and recruit to Baylor to make those things happen,” Griffin said.

Does Robert Griffin III have a real path to the Baylor job?

NC State ran a similar search this fall after firing Dave Doeren. The Wolfpack met with Russell Wilson, a former NC State quarterback who has never coached, before turning to another former quarterback, Philip Rivers. According to reports, NC State is working to finalize a deal with Rivers, who has spent six seasons as head coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama, and interviewed for the Buffalo Bills’ head coaching job in January.

NEW: Baylor is expected to interview Robert Griffin III for its head coaching job, @PeteNakos reports.

Griffin won the Heisman Trophy in 2011.

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— On3 (@On3) November 13, 2026

NC State ended up choosing the famous alum who had already spent years running a program, hiring assistants and managing a roster. Griffin’s work with a former college head coach ahead of his interview points at that same gap in his own background.

Griffin has also publicly backed Boise State’s Spencer Danielson and UTSA’s Jeff Traylor, two sitting head coaches who are among the names most often tied to the opening. His own case rests on 2011, when he won the program’s only Heisman Trophy and made Baylor a national story.

Baylor has won both games since the firing under interim coach Joe Klanderman, the defensive coordinator Baylor hired from Kansas State before this season, beating the UCF Knights and Iowa State Cyclones to improve to 6-3, and Baylor plays at the BYU Cougars on Saturday.

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