Dave Aranda will return as Baylor head coach in 2025, a spokesperson for the football program tells CBS Sports. The news comes on the heels of a 49-35 win at West Virginia on Saturday. The win gave Baylor a 6-4 mark with two contests left,

According to ESPN’s Dave Wilson and CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah, Aranda is set to return as the Bears’ head football coach for the 2025 season. Aranda came into the 2024 campaign facing pressure after Baylor posted a 3-9 record last year.

Baylor coach Dave Aranda will return next season, the school confirmed after Saturday's 49-35 win at West Virginia.

A Baylor spokesperson confirmed to Fox 44 Sports that Baylor head coach Dave Aranda will be retained by the Bears and remain at the helm in 2025. Aranda is in the midst of a four-game win streak and clinched postseason eligibility earlier today with a 49-35 victory over West Virginia.

Baylor football faced one major dilemma before taking on West Virginia Saturday. Is this the game that seals Dave Aranda’s fate? Aranda sat on the hot seat throughout 2024. The Bears became an underachieving bunch and endured two heartbreaking losses to Colorado and BYU in consecutive weeks.

When the Baylor Bears hired Dave Aranda as their head coach in 2020 following his brilliant work as defensive coordinator for the 2019 LSU Tigers, they were expecting that he would make them a major force in the Big 12 Conference.