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Report: Dave Aranda's Name Mentioned As A Possible Candidate For The Utah State Job

by Staff Reporter

November 30, 201843 Comments

Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports

College Football Insider Brett McMurphy of WatchStadium.com is reporting that LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda could be a possible candidate for the vacant head coaching job at Utah State.

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Utah State is looking for a replacement for Matt Wells who left for the Texas Tech head coaching job this week. Wells was making $900,000 as the Aggies head coach this year.

LSU gave Aranda a contract extension last January worth $2.5 million that will keep him on staff until 2021 after Texas A&M attempted to hire him away from Baton Rouge in the offseason. Aranda's contract does not have a penalty if he takes a college head coaching position.

Aranda was the defensive coordinator at Utah State in 2012 for one year before joining Wisconsin's staff from 2013-2015. He was hired to be LSU's defensive coordinator in 2016 by former head coach Les Miles and now hold the title of associate head coach along with DC/LB coach under Ed Orgeron.

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HueyP•77 months

Sure hope he finds a better job than this when he decides to go.

TGK4LSU•77 months

LSU pays him double what Utah State would. I don't see this happening

rbdallas•77 months

and with less headaches

alumni95•77 months

Closer to triple, based on last HC salary.

Cheupique•77 months

Probably not Utah State, but it’s just a matter of time before he gone.

rbdallas•77 months

that may / may not be true. not everyone wants to be a HC, or is good at it. His salary slows that process down,

ByUselves•77 months

Big pay cut!

theunknownknight•77 months

NOOOO!!! WE SUCK AGAIN!!!!

Metaloctopus•77 months

I can't imagine Aranda walking away from the money he's making here to be the head coach of some mid-major program. This does not concern me. When a major program comes calling, I'll have more concern. And he's always going to be on the radar for an NFL DC job.

cra_cra•77 months

This is a wish list... not a potential candidate list. Aranda is not going to leave for Utah State.

HueyP•77 months

Sooner than later Aranda is gone. That’s the nature of college football. The most important factor in the game is being adaptable to the ever changing environment.

dandan•77 months

Nothing wrong with him wanting to take a crack at running a program.

Vernonbrew22•77 months

Utah State is in a nice town, and more importantly, in a center of lots of NW stepping stone jobs (Utah, Cal, Wash., etc.). He could take a position like this. Say no to Ogden pls

TigerB8•77 months

LOL, if Aranda leaves, i'm done with LSU football for a while. He's the only thing keepign this program's head above water right now.

Vernonbrew22•77 months

I second that. Aranda is freakin beast

Buckeye Jeaux•77 months

No way Utah State will pay Aranda 2.5 million. Aranda will either stay at LSU or accept a Power % job at well over 2.5.

SomeLSUguy•77 months

He'd be selling himself short going to Utah State...

siliconvalleytiger•77 months

Why would he go to utah state? I’d understand a 2nd tier program but not 4th tier.

JackieTreehorn•77 months

Aranda will have his choice of jobs soon.