Robert Griffin III Expected to Interview for Baylor Head Coaching Job
Photo: Awful AnnouncingRobert Griffin III, the Heisman Trophy winner at Baylor, is expected to interview for the head coaching job at his alma mater, according to reports citing sources, including ESPN and On3's Pete Nakos. Griffin, 36, is a Fox Sports analyst with no prior college coaching experience. On3 reported he has been working with a former college head coach to prepare. Baylor fired Dave Aranda, head coach since 2020, in October during his seventh season, after a one-point loss to Kansas left the Bears 4-3. Aranda won 12 games in 2021, including a Sugar Bowl, and lost nine in 2023. Interim coach Joe Klanderman has won both of his games, leaving Baylor 6-3 and bowl eligible. Griffin, a Texas native, played at Baylor from 2008 to 2011, won 10 games in 2011 and went No. 2 overall to Washington in the 2012 draft. After Aranda's firing, he told The Dan Patrick Show he had been in contact with athletic director Doug McNamee and was definitely interested.
The New York Times, the left-leaning source here, frames the story around Griffin's playing résumé: his Texas roots, the 10 wins in 2011 and the No. 2 pick. Its available text carries no detail on Aranda or the coaching question. The New York Post, on the right, leads with his lack of college coaching experience. It adds his age, his last NFL appearance with the Ravens in 2020, his January 2021 waiver, his Dan Patrick quotes and Baylor's weak bowl record after 2021. Its headline calls the interview a shock. Both sides agree he will interview. Alternative outlets differ: ESPN stresses sourcing, and Awful Announcing describes Griffin's public persistence and his other goals, including a return to the NFL, the college football commissioner's job and 2028 Olympic flag football.
How the sides differ Left sources spotlight Griffin's Baylor playing record; right sources stress his lack of coaching experience and Baylor's struggles; alternative sources add sourcing and his public ambitions.
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The New York Times leads with the expected interview and highlights Griffin's Baylor playing career, including 10 wins in 2011 and his No. 2 draft selection, without quoted voices in the available text.
ESPN attributes the report to sources and calls him a Baylor legend. Awful Announcing stresses his public self-promotion, lack of coaching experience, Aranda's firing and his Dan Patrick comments.
The New York Post leads with his lack of college coaching experience, adding his age, NFL exit, Dan Patrick quotes about Baylor winning, and the team's bowl struggles under Aranda.