Baylor football coach Dave Aranda 2025 contract details: Salary, buyout and more
Blake SchusterBaylor's Dave Aranda is the No. 50 highest-paid coach in college football, according to USA TODAY's 2025 compensation survey. The Bears coach is set to earn a total of $4,702,570, not including bonuses, which ranks No. 9 in the Big 12 Conference.
USA TODAY's available data does not include total pay figures for Big 12 member BYU.
Amounts for coaches at private schools or Pittsburgh are based the schools' most recently available financial records, which cover the 2023 calendar year and include all forms of pay from the school, including bonuses.
Here's everything you need to know about Aranda's contract with Baylor in 2025.
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How much does Baylor pay Dave Aranda in 2025?
Baylor is scheduled to pay Aranda $4,702,570 for the 2025 season. But that number could go up based on potential bonuses. On Feb. 15, 2022, the school announced a contract extension with Aranda through 2029. The university's tax return stated that $370,556 of Aranda's's total had been reported as deferred compensation on prior years' returns. That placed Aranda's net compensation for the 2023 calendar year at just over $4.3 million.
How much is Dave Aranda's buyout at Baylor in 2025?
USA TODAY's available data does not include buyout figures for Big 12 members TCU, Baylor and BYU.
All buyout figures are calculated using the same hypothetical date of a coach's separation with their school. Many of buyout clauses reviewed by USA TODAY are expressly subject to coach's duty to make good-faith efforts to find another job, with income from that employment offsetting the amount owed. If mitigation and offset are not addressed in contract, the coach may still have an obligation to make efforts in that regard. The amount listed may be owed to coach over an extended period of time, rather than as a lump sum at termination. Amount may not take into account per-day pro-rating for a partial contract year.
How much can Dave Aranda earn in bonuses in 2025?
USA TODAY's available data does not include maximum bonus figures for Big 12 members TCU, Baylor and BYU.
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