2021 Baylor Bears football team

The 2021 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears played their home games at McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. The team was coached by second-year head coach Dave Aranda.

Offseason departures
12 seniors from the 2020 team graduated. No players declared early for the NFL Draft.

Spring game
The Bears held spring practices in March and April 2021. The Baylor football spring "Green and Gold game" took place in Waco, TX on April 24, 2021.

Schedule

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Coaching staff
‡ On November 8, 2021 and during the middle of the 2021 college football season, Joey McGuire was hired by Texas Tech University to replace the recently fired Matt Wells as the Red Raiders' next head football coach. As such, McGuire departed the Baylor Bears' 2021 football staff immediately and did not finish the season with the Bears.

ƒ Collins was promoted in November 2021 to replace Joey McGuire as the Bears' OLB coach.