Two months into his first head coaching job, Dave Aranda anticipated Baylors spring football drills with tangible excitement. Big 12 college football preview: How will Sarkisian perform in Year 2 at Texas? [10] In Aranda's first season, he cultivated a talented unit that included David Veikune, Joshua Leonard and Keala Watson. Check Out More Diversifying Things About Celebrities' Personal Life & Career Highlights AtPlayersWiki, Privacy Policy I believe it's what led him to Baylor. [6], Following stints at California Lutheran and Delta State University, in 2008 he was tapped by his coaching mentor, Greg McMackin, to serve as the defensive line coach for the University of Hawaii Warriors. In those wins, Arandas opportunistic defence limited the opposition to 16.1 points per game, only allowed 2.4 yards per rush and held Colin Kapernick in check en route to handing the Nevada Wolfpack its only loss of the season. Aranda developed one of the best defenses in the SEC and coached seven All-Americans, including 2018 Butkus Award winning linebacker Devin White and 2019 Thorpe Award winning safety Grant Delpit. That's why Aranda is here in his office in Waco, and not at LSU or any of the other openings where he drew interest this offseason after a 12-2 season, a Big 12 championship, Baylor's first Sugar Bowl victory since 1957 and a No. He was working the night shift as a security guard at a truck stop and coaching the junior varsity defense at his former high school when he decided to visit a friend at Cal Lutheran, a Division III school about 100 miles west of Redlands and about 40 miles north up the coast from Los Angeles. The Bears were ranked in the top 25 for the majority of the 2021 football season and finished with a 12-2 record (7-2 in Big 12 play), the most wins in program history. Steve Kerr creates the environment. While coaching at his old high school, he also worked night shifts as a security guard. During each of his stops, hes learned to adapt his defensive schemes as offensive tempos have become faster and quarterbacks have become more skilled. So was UH. He was 6-0 and 175 pounds. With a self-imposed smaller recruiting pool and a coach that could be in demand during coaching carousel season, the Bears will have to work to keep it all on track. It wasn't intended to entertain, but rather to make a point, a mantra for the soft-spoken coach and all of his coaches and players. You just wanted to see him be healthy.. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at LSU, Wisconsin, Utah State, Hawaii, Delta State, and Cal Lutheran. Coach Orgeron had the ability to take the I and get it to the we and I picked up on that.. He had a maturity about him, and obviously a real love for the game, but a wealth of knowledge for a guy that young. [29] The move to LSU saw his starting salary more than double from $520,000 to $1.3 million. "I knew he was smart," said Houston coach Dana Holgorsen, who coached alongside Aranda as an assistant at Texas Tech from 2000-2002. The defense he is going to run here is an attacking one that dictates to the offense. Theyve become so much more proficient. Solomon: DeMeco Ryans the right coach at the right time, 3 pressing questions facing new Astros GM Dana Brown, Jabari Smith Jr. growing up in NBA with an assist from his father, Poor parent behavior is driving high school sports refs away. My parents wanted me to be yourself and say what you have to say, Aranda said. Dione, thank you for letting six strangers hang out in your house for five hours, Rhoades said. I learned the right way to go about things and what a man is supposed to be. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? And I remember that was when I first started to look at Baylor., What he found was a school with a strong Christian mission and small classes, where education is important and people care., People valued Baylor University and the sports programs, he said. His mother, Marguerite, worked in a social security office while his father, Paul, was a member of a prison parole board. Baylor opens the 2020 season Sept. 5 with a neutral-site game against Ole Miss at NRG Stadium in Houston. Theres a ton of work ahead as the Bears adjust to the new staffs offensive and defensive schemes and terminology. Places where Gods grandeur overwhelms you. Aranda and his wife, Dione, [53] He is married to Dione Aranda. Rhule became the head coach of the NFLs Carolina Panthers after leading Baylor to an 11-3 season capped by a Sugar Bowl appearance. Read the complete write-up of Dave Aranda net worth, age, wife, children, height, salary, family, parents, coaching as well as other information you need to know. Dave Aranda retired from playing football due to injuries after high school, so he became an assistant coach at Redlands High in 1995. Aranda and his wife, Dione, have two daughters, Jaelyn and Jordyn, and a son, Ronin. I think there's some points in there where he talks about going from transactional to transformational, and he talks about going from a lens to a mirror, where we're all kind of trained to critique and label and look out, but the hardest look is looking in the mirror. WebAranda graduated from California Lutheran in 1999 with a bachelors degree in philosophy. "He can see meanings in things that you might just view as entertainment," Johnson said. I would remove myself a lot. Everson played four seasons at UH, finishing among the school leaders in tackles for loss and earning a degree in sociology. Lynch compared Aranda to two of his most accomplished collaborators. Really wants to hear our voice and kind of take that into account, Brewer told the Dallas Morning News this summer. The love birds had a private wedding ceremony, much of which is under the radar. Former Badgers offensive coordinator (20052011) and Pitts head coach (20122014), Paul Chryst, was hired as the next head coach of the Badgers. Everyone was looking at me. Anything you put up there, hes going to understand it. Bren Brown is another author that I love.". Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. The following year he was elevated to defensive coordinator. Dave started his coaching career in 1995 as an assistant coach in a High School. "This was the first time in our lives the girls especially were pretty vocal about wanting to stay and be, and I appreciate that," Aranda said at the LSU football caravan Thursday (June 28). THE HEAD COACH is quoting the Berenstain Bears and the middle linebacker is citing classical Greek philosophers. The Bears' spring practices as well as the Baylor football spring "Green and Gold game" were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving first time head coach Aranda and his new team without practice prior to entering the 2020 football season. So he ended up playing offensive line for us with a shoulder harness. "Right after the game, everybody's excited, I walk in and he's sitting in his locker," Johnson said. I felt, through his words, a sense of being genuine, authentic and vulnerable. Top 100 players | NFL draft rankings Lynch, like Rhoades, found himself drawn to Aranda, despite him being a young, unknown coach at a small school. He wanted to be at a place that had those types of values.. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at LSU, Wisconsin, Utah State, Hawaii, Delta State, and Cal Lutheran. Aranda reflects on human aspect of first head coaching job. Dave is the proud father of three children. Up until recently, I had spent a lot of time talking with Coach Herman about ball, Aranda said. He just looks rough. And they didn't know anything about the food. It will be the first game between UH and Baylor since 1995, the final year of the Southwest Conference. In his final season with the Badgers his defence came in first in scoring defence, allowing just 13.1 points per game. There was a lot of pressure being at LSU, Aranda said. He and his wife Nicki are Texas A&M alums whose son, Austin, is an Elite 11 quarterback recruit from Dripping Springs, Texas, in the class of 2023 who committed to Baylor last December. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. In 2007, Aranda was defensive coordinator and secondary coach for Delta State. There's a personal transcendence, there's some moral, there's some quest. In 2018, Numerous top universities tried to hire him as their new head coach but refused. They never become real. Dace Aranda was born David Christopher Aranda on September 29, 1976, in Kern County, California. He is among the two children born to Paul Aranda and his wife, Marguerite Aranda. His parents immigrated from Mexico. After graduating from Redland High School, Dave enrolled at the California Lutheran University. WebHead coach Dave Aranda of the Baylor Bears coaches during pre game warm ups at Jack Trice Stadium on November 07, 2020 in Ames, Iowa. How old is Dione Aranda? He is one of the richest and influential university coaches in the United States. His first season with the Bears was disappointing, as they finished 2-7. Aranda moved with his wife, Dione, from Lubbock, where he was a graduate assistant at Texas Tech, to become linebackers coach on Art Briles staff at UH in 2003. Borland also won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2013. He was a linebacker with so much talent, Aranda said. Here are 10 things to know about Baylors new head football coach Dave Aranda. Anyone, anywhere. It's almost like, OK, I don't want to let this opportunity go by so I saw it as an opportunity for me to learn about this young man." He started at guard and right before the half he hurt his shoulder. "You live up in your head. And so Nicolas Cage's character goes, 'What did you say you wanted to cook when you were younger?' The following year he was elevated to defensive coordinator. I was the linebacker, and she was the cheerleader, Aranda said. He is among the two children born to Paul Aranda and his wife, Marguerite Aranda. There were no kids. [35] The season ended with a historic Sugar Bowl win where they beat Ole Miss 21-7. [7] During this time, Aranda visited a friend who was attending California Lutheran University, and soon enrolled there in an attempt to return to play. His pig gets stolen and he comes into town trying to find his pig. Defensively, being able to disguise has never been more important.. Aranda was hired a few weeks ago to be Baylor's head coach, replacing Matt Rhule who took the Carolina Panthers' job. They normally spoke for their daughters, Jaelyn, 13 and Jordyn, 11, and their son, Ronin. Dave didn't care if somebody said 'no' or 'I don't want to talk to you or whatever.' It was to force himself to change, he said, for the sake of his children. (Orlin Wagner / Associated Press) By J. Brady But being the face of a program, a university, dealing with boosters, reporters and an entire staff of employees? But, it was because of his older daughter Jaelyns interest that he started taking a closer look at the University that hired him as its head football coach in January. In 1995, he joined High School as their assistant coach. "But right now he's in this process of really impacting people and doing it in his really unique way. It's always best to simply be who you are. It becomes kind of a really tight pool," Aranda said. Cal Lu had a reputation as a place for gym rats, though it did not offer scholarships. "[16], In 2012, Aranda was the defensive coordinator for one year for the Utah State Aggies under Gary Andersen. It's wild that he sees it like that.". Borland also won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2013. In the end, Aranda said he saw he was in a situation where he could run the defense how he saw fit, he had a great relationship with the head coach and the players were all on board. Hes a real student of the game of football who was passionate about coaching.. Aranda came to Waco after four seasons as associate head coach and defensive coordinator at LSU, including a 2020 National Championship and a 2019 SEC Championship. That was still Blockbuster video days. "Editor's PicksBig 12 college football preview: How will Sarkisian perform in Year 2 at Texas?196dHarry Lyles Jr. and Dave WilsonDana Holgorsen, Houston football and a decades-long vision coming to fruition196dDavid M. HalePreseason College Football Power Rankings: Alabama once again starts the season at No. "I'm so proud of what we accomplished together and have no doubt that LSU will continue to experience great things under Coach O's leadership.". "The opportunity to coach at LSU was everything I dreamed it would be -- elite student-athletes, coaches, leadership and support," Aranda said. As the combine starts, the Texans are on the clock and the pressure mounts to solve their quarterback problem, writes Brian T. Smith. This is what people want, all this fancy stuff.' But when Texas A&M came chasingtheLSU defensive coordinatorin January, there were other voices making their opinions clear. You could tell quickly he was going to be a great coach. These people don't care about you. "It's about social change. [9] He also sought out coaches to talk about the profession, and became enamored with the book Thinking Body, Dancing Mind by sports psychologist Jerry Lynch, who has consulted with numerous championship teams in several sports and whose thinking has influenced coaches such as Phil Jackson and Steve Kerr. The owner of the restaurant comes in to meet him and he's disheveled. On Texas Sports Nation: UH shows quick-change artistry in landing opener vs. Baylor. The media room then got a lesson on the Berenstain Bears. He was disillusioned. Congratulations.'". There was a problem saving your notification. As he made the short flight back to Waco, he couldn't stop thinking about the conversation. He helped lead the Warriors to victory in nine of their last ten regular season games. One of the final selling points was the house visit with Aranda, the three children and Daves wife Dione. Aranda Coaching tiers | QB confidential Like Doyle quoting philosophers, this is another Aranda hallmark that seems to have become contagious. LSU also hired Aranda's former Utah State and Wisconsin colleague Bill Busch to coach safeties, which he said was a big piece for him. WebA 2020 National Champion and 26-year coaching veteran, Dave Aranda was named the 28th head coach in Baylor Football history on Jan. 16, 2020. After 10 years as a head coach, Roberts spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Louisiana-Lafayette. He has been making most of his net worth through his two-decade career as a coach in numerous leagues and teams. There are a lot of different ways to be successful, and I think one of the key ingredients for Dave is being genuine and thats something he does well. As he neared his 40th birthday, Aranda became known as a defensive mad scientist because of the way he could experiment with schemes and suit them to his players skills. Now 43 and with three children, Aranda has come full circle. He came to the Houston Chronicle as part of an internship through the Sports Journalism Institute in 1995. [6] He tried to join the U.S. Navy, but his football injuriesspecifically the aftereffects of a shoulder fracture he had suffered in high schoolcaused him to fail the physical. Everything seemed in place for Aranda to begin molding the Bears into the productive team he expects to put on the field in the fall. We talked about who you can become as a result of the chase. Aranda was the only assistant coach to remain on the coaching staff after Andersen's departure. Flanked by Baylor president Dr. Linda A. Livingstone and athletic director Mack Rhoades, Dave Aranda was introduced in January as the Bears new football coach. Aranda (uh-RAN-duh) came to Waco after four seasons as associate head coach and defensive coordinator at LSU, including a 2020 National Championship and a 2019 SEC Championship. I think it was his authenticity, but it was also his viewpoint of Baylor through his lens and how he saw himself as a great fit. [4][5], After high school, Aranda retired from playing football due to injuries, so he became an assistant coach at Redlands High in 1995. "The team loves him.". Some people break too easily. As a kid, I remember wanting to learn more about the sport, Aranda said. Mike is a basketball coach at Redlands East Valley High School. It's a Family Matter | Baylor Magazine, Spring 2020 - Baylor He then returned to Cal Lutheran as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, positions he held for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Baylor middle linebacker Dillon Doyle has his own theory about why Aranda has been successful. Students had to go home, everything was online, and there was no (football) activity. This was in response to several attempts by Texas A&M to hire Aranda. Dave Aranda has done an excellent job in just two seasons with the Baylor Bears, as hes turned a 2-7 debut season in 2020 into a 6-1 performance in 2021, leading to speculation that Aranda could look into the USC and LSU head coaching vacancies. And I think it's like, it's always good to go back to those because I think those are kind of almost universal.". College football's assistants and coordinators to watch in 2023, Jim Harbaugh helps clear fallen tree in Michigan ice storm. On January 5, 2018, it was announced that Aranda received a new four-year contract that will pay him $2.5 million annually and the entire $10 million deal is guaranteed. Big Ten | Pac-12 . Like Aranda, Herman worked his way up the college coaching ladder and is now the fourth-year head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Last October, in a room underneath McLane Stadium, Baylor football coach Dave Aranda took to the podium after a 31-24 win over Texas. He said when a coach dedicates so much of his life and spare time to the game of football, he wants to come to work and actually enjoy the experience. But Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades has the same faith in the 43-year-old Aranda now as he did in January when he hired the defensive coordinator of LSUs 2019 national championship team to replace Matt Rhule as the Bears head coach. Dave knows that. Those are the three keys that attract me to people. During the coaching search, Baylor Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades IV said he kept going back to Aranda. Previously, he wrote about the Houston Astros from 1998-2002, Houston Texans from 2002-05 and the Texas Longhorns from 2005-09. He knew every person that came into the restaurant, he knew what they liked, he remembered everything about him. From 2003 to 2004, Aranda was linebackers coach at Houston. In an unusual twist, Roberts now serves as Arandas defensive coordinator for the Bears. Olmedo recalls Aranda trying to play offensive line in a first-round playoff game against powerhouse Santa Ana Mater Dei. "I just remember getting off the phone with him going, 'Wow, I like him a lot more than what I anticipated,'" Rhoades said. I miss the people. One thing I'll never forget about him never in my life have I called a coach [who played the upcoming opponent] from their game the week before. The two spent three days walking on the beach, talking about their shared interest in Eastern thought, Tao and Zen lessons. The coach extended his contract for four-year with a base salary of $2.5 Million. People would go to his restaurant just to say they went to the restaurant. He was nervous about looking into them and called Aranda to talk it out, Trey said. Under Aranda's guidance the Warriors led the nation in turnovers caused (38) and tied a school record for most defensive touchdowns (5). Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda took over the program in January after a four-year stint at LSU where he helped build the 2019 national championship team as defensive coordinator. After UH, Aranda continued a steady progression through the coaching ranks, including stops as defensive coordinator at Hawaii, Utah State, Wisconsin and LSU. Dave Aranda is a heck of a football coach, said Holgorsen, who is set to begin his second season with the Cougars. "My oldest girl, Jaelyn, and my youngest, my son Ronin, they have whatever I have," Aranda said, speaking about his introverted nature. While growing up in Redlands, California, Aranda started dating Dione during their sophomore year at Redlands High School. But the most important book in Aranda's toolbox is another one you'd never expect to hear, "The Velveteen Rabbit," a 1922 children's book about toys who hope to become real. I just wouldn't engage, more than anything.". While Dione Aranda was a cheerleader, Dave Aranda was a linebacker. He's certainly the only coach who was asked for his book recommendations during his time at the podium at this year's Big 12 media days. Dione Aranda and Family | That was somewhat unique in terms of the way he explained that and laid that out. [10] In those wins, Aranda's opportunistic defense limited the opposition to 16.1 points per game, only allowed 2.4 yards per rush [10] and held Colin Kaepernick in check en route to handing the Nevada Wolf Pack its only loss of the season. After graduating from Cal Lutheran in 1999, Aranda worked as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech from 2000-2002. In the next few years, The coach moved to numerous universities working as a defensive coach. University of Houston instrumental in career of Baylors Dave Olmedo said Aranda tried to join the Navy after high school, but didnt pass the physical after numerous shoulder surgeries. Aranda and He was a famous chef. At USC, he met Trojans defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, a man he later coached under as defensive coordinator for LSUs 2019 national championship team. Aranda has the Bears ranked No. We certainly felt it there, players included. I appreciated that about him. WebDave Aranda. pic.twitter.com/CuAADi60ht, "I knew, but I didn't know, how different I was," Aranda said. It wasn't for the power. But A&M didn't offer right away while Baylor did. It's a truffle pig. Despite the circumstances, Aranda said later I miss the family atmosphere there. "I felt, through his words, a sense of being genuine, authentic and vulnerable. [27] His final season with the Badgers his defense came in first in scoring defense, allowing just 13.1 points per game.[28]. The Badgers took 1st place in the West Division with a 102 record, going 71 in the conference. Coaches spent most of their time working from home. But that doesn't really matter to other people that are real. His parents immigrated from Mexico. Dave tried to play for a little bit, but had injuries that forced him to stop, and he immediately became a student coach, Herman said. Lynch said he doesn't typically do a lot of 1-on-1 meetings, because his consultancy often includes work with entire teams. That week, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades called Aranda to gauge his interest in the Bears' head-coaching vacancy following the departure of Matt Rhule for the Carolina Panthers. Kiper's new Big Board rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top 25 prospects. He does it his way.. "Everybody's got a shiny helmet. He picks things up really well and has a great ability to communicate with players. After graduating from Redland High School, Dave enrolled at the California Lutheran University. Aranda spent a month as Southern Utahs defensive coordinator before making the step up to Division I Hawaii, where he served as defensive line coach and defensive coordinator during a four-year stint. Offensively if this is trending, that this scheme or concept is being used. We don't want to be haphazard. Aranda offered, in his mind, a simple explanation of why these metaphors are such effective teaching tools, delivered in his soothing cadence that sounds more suited for a meditation app than for football two-a-days. The rub, of course, is that to be a head coach, you have to talk. I picked up a lot and had a great learning experience. He kind of bashfully says, I wanted like a beer and burger place or something. Former LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda thanked LSU fans in an Advocate newspaper ad on Super Bowl Sunday to thank Tiger fans for his time at LSU. Aranda said that three out of every 10 qualified recruits might be a fit for his type of program. The Cornhuskers have been on the hunt for a new coach ever since Scott Frost was shown the exit, and the program has zeroed in on Aranda, according to Locked On Baylor podcast Drake Toll. 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