If presented the opportunity, he told the "Dan Patrick Show" he would "100%" take it.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom."If Baylor wants to get back to winning and have a university that isn’t just respectable on the football field, but one the fans can be proud of, they need people who know what it looks like to win at Baylor," Griffin, a Heisman Trophy winner during his 2011 senior year at Baylor, said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGERobert Griffin III, former NFL quarterback and TV analyst for ESPN, looks on before the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Cincinnati Bengals on December 4, 2023 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fl.(David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)"So yeah, I would 100% be interested.
I talked with the athletic director, who is a guy in Doug McNamee that knows what it looks like to win at Baylor, know how you have to win at Baylor and recruit to Baylor to make those things happen."McNamee and his staff will be doing an extensive coaching search to find Aranda’s replacement, and it’s unknown if they’d want a familiar face in the building, let alone Griffin himself.However, Griffin makes a point: he knows what it’s like to win at Baylor and how much it means to the university and the community.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Though he went 25-21 during his four years there, Griffin went 10-3 with the Bears in his Heisman-winning season before being the Washington Redskins’ No.
2 overall pick in 2012.Baylor won the Alamo Bowl that season as well.To this day, Griffin remains the only Heisman winner in school history, making him quite the figure in Baylor athletics lore.But Griffin has never been a coach at any level, let alone a Division I football head coach...