Baylor hiring Spavital as new OC, source says

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 30, 2023, 02:34 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com considering that 2010. He formerly worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.Baylor is hiring Jake Spavital as its brand-new offending coordinator, a source confirmed to ESPN.Baylor coach Dave Aranda was kept after a 3-9 season, however offending planner Jeff Grimes was dismissed after the Bears ended up the year ranked 70th in total offense, scoring less than 20 points in five games.Sources state Aranda zeroed in on Spavital in an attempt to bring an up-tempo spread attack to Baylor, which utilized an NFL-style technique offense under Grimes.Editor’s Picks It will mark a return to Texas and the Huge 12 for Spavital, the previous Texas State head coach in addition to an offending organizer at Texas A&M and West Virginia. He was the offensive organizer at Cal this season, where he had actually likewise previously worked under now-TCU coach Sonny Dykes. Including his time as a quarterbacks coach at Houston and Oklahoma State, Spavital has coached several noteworthy QBs, including Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Geno Smith, Will Grier and Johnny Manziel.Six times in his career, Spavital’s systems have actually finished in the leading 20 nationally in overall offense. In his only season at Cal, he enhanced an offense that ranked 96th nationally in scoring at 23.9 points per game to 40th at 31.6 this year, and Jaydn Ott led the Pac-12 in rushing with 114.5 backyards per game.Spavital’s hiring was first reported by SicEm365.