Baylor expected to interview Robert Griffin III for head coaching job, per report
By Mark Kern
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Baylor made headlines a couple of weeks ago when the school announced it would let go of coach Dave Aranda. Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman is currently the interim coach as the Bears expand their search.
The Bears are casting a wide net, too. On Friday morning, Pete Nakos of On3 reported that Robert Griffin III is expected to interview for the job.
Griffin is currently an analyst at FOX and has no coaching experience. Despite that, Griffin has been vocal recently about wanting the job. No player put Baylor on the map as Griffin did in 2011, when he won the Heisman Trophy. That season, he passed for 4,293 yards and 37 touchdowns, while also rushing for 699 yards and 10 more scores.
It was only earlier in the week that NC State decided to hire former quarterback Philip Rivers as the next coach. He didn’t have any coaching experience at the collegiate level, but he did at the high school level in Alabama.
It has only been two games, but the Bears are 2-0 under Klanderman and have a daunting final three games this season with games at BYU, at home against Texas Tech, and then at Houston.
