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Baylor Bears football The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. After 64 seasons at the off-campus Baylor Stadium, renamed Floyd Casey Stadium in 1989, the Bears ope ...

program is a college football team that represents

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in the

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in the

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. The team has had 25 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1899. Baylor was a charter member of the

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(SWC), joining in 1915. They later became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the SWC disbanded. After playing without a nickname for 15 years, the school chose ''Bears'' as the team nickname in 1914. There were three seasons where Baylor did not field a team. In 1906, the university banned football due to the violent nature of the sport. However, student protests persuaded school officials to reinstate it the next year. In 1943 and 1944, the school canceled the football program due to

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. The Bears have played in 1,099 games during their 108 seasons. In those seasons, ten coaches have led Baylor to postseason

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George Sauer George Henry Sauer Sr. (December 11, 1910 – February 5, 1994) was an American football player, coach, college sports administrator, and professional football executive. Career Sauer attended the University of Nebraska where he was an All-Amer ...

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, John D. Bridgers,

Grant Teaff Grant Garland Teaff (; born November 12, 1933) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at McMurry University (1960–1965), Angelo State University (1969–1971), and Baylor University (1972–1992), compiling ...

Chuck Reedy Charles Reedy (born May 31, 1949) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Baylor University from 1993 to 1996, compiling a record of 23–22. Prior to replacing future College Football Hall of Fame induct ...

Art Briles Arthur Ray Briles (born December 3, 1955) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach for the Guelfi Firenze in the Italian Football League. Briles was the head coach of the Houston Cougars football, Houston Cougars from 2002 ...

Jim Grobe Jim Britt Grobe (born February 17, 1952) is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the defensive coordinator of the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football. His previous position to that was as head ...

Matt Rhule Matthew Kenneth Rhule (born January 31, 1975) is an American football coach and former player, who is the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was previously the head coach at Temple University, Baylor University, and for the Carolina Pant ...

, and Dave Aranda. Six coaches have won conference championships with the Bears: Charles P. Mosley,

Frank Bridges Frank Bogart Bridges Sr. (July 4, 1890 – June 10, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University from 1920 to 1925, Simmons University—now known as Hardin–Simmons Uni ...

, Teaff, Reedy, Briles, and Aranda. Teaff is the all-time leader in years coached (21), games coached (239), and wins (128). R. H. Hamilton has the highest

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of any Baylor coach, with a 5–1–1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure.

Bill Beall William Erby Beall (January 24, 1922 – November 2, 2013) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Baylor University from 1969 to 1971, compiling a record of 3–28. A native of Osceola ...

is, in terms of

, the worst coach the Bears have had, winning only 3 of his 31 games (.097). Of the 25 Baylor coaches, 2 have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Teaff and Morley Jennings. Teaff is also the only coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning two national coach of the year award in 1974 and the conference coach of the year award twice. The current coach is Dave Aranda who was hired in 2020

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