Former BYU OC Jeff Grimes is out at Baylor. He’s being mentioned for another vacancy

Former BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes, right, congratulates BYU’s JJ Nwige during drills before the Blue-White scrimmage at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Grimes, who has spent the past three seasons as Baylor’s offensive coordinator, has reportedly been fired by the school after a 3-9 season. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News

Jeff Grimes’ time as Baylor’s offensive coordinator lasted three seasons.

Grimes, who was BYU’s offensive coordinator from 2018-20, has been fired by the Bears, according to several reports Sunday.

This comes after Baylor went 3-9 this season — per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, head coach Dave Aranda will be retained by the Bears but there will be “significant changes” coming for the program, including the dismissal of Grimes.

The Bears lost 34-31 to West Virginia on Saturday to end the season on a five-game losing streak.

It was the Bears’ second straight losing season — they went 6-7 in 2022 — after Baylor won the Big 12 title in 2021.

Just two years ago, Grimes was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s best assistant coach, as Baylor went 12-2 and won the Sugar Bowl in 2021.

This year, Baylor finished 95th nationally in scoring offense (23.1 points per game) — ironically, the same number as BYU this season — and was also 40th in passing offense (263 yards per game), 70th in total offense (377.8 ypg), 92nd in third-down conversion rate (36.2%) and 109th in rushing offense (114.8 ypg).

During Grimes’ final season at BYU, he was also a Broyles Award finalist as the Cougars, behind quarterback Zach Wilson, finished in the top 15 nationally in scoring offense (third, 43.5 ppg), total offense (seventh, 522.2 ypg) and passing offense (eighth, 332.1 ppg) during the COVID-19 impacted 2020 season.

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Publish date : 2023-11-27 04:24:08

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