By Foster Nicholas | Sports Editor
After losing to his former team in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve, head coach Dave Aranda went to work looking to build on an 8-4 season. Baylor football added 11 players in the transfer portal and replaced two coaches before the start of spring football.
The Bears revamped the defensive coaching staff shortly after the final game of the season, adding Carson Hall as outside linebackers coach and Paul Gonzales as passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach. Hall made pit stops at Georgia and LSU before spending the last two seasons as defensive line coach at Western Kentucky.