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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Please see below a
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;"><i>letter</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i> from Baylor President Dr. Linda A Livingstone regarding the leadership of the football
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Baylor Family,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Over the past several weeks, Baylor University has undertaken a comprehensive review of our athletics leadership and the future of our football program.
This process has been marked by prayerful consideration, candid conversations and a deep commitment to our Christian mission and values.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After careful evaluation and consideration, we have decided to retain Coach Dave Aranda as the leader of our football program. We recognize this decision
will generate strong opinions. Let me be clear: Baylor expects excellence, accountability and competitiveness at the highest level. We are not complacent, and we are not settling for mediocrity.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This decision reflects several critical factors:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Stability during transition</b>: Our next Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics must have the opportunity to assess the football program and chart its long-term direction;</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Student-athlete experience</b>: Retaining our current roster and protecting a nationally ranked recruiting class are essential to our future success; and</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Financial stewardship</b>: In an era of extreme volatility in college athletics with NIL, the transfer portal, revenue-sharing, and much more, this approach allows us to invest wisely in the program’s future rather than incur
significant buyout costs during an unprecedented turnover of coaches across the country.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We acknowledge the frustrations many of you feel, and we share in them. Baylor Football has experienced both historic highs and challenging seasons under
Coach Aranda. While we celebrate the Big 12 Championship and Sugar Bowl victory in 2021, we know this season has not met our shared expectations.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please know that our team respects and loves playing for Coach Aranda. I can also attest he aligns with Baylor’s Christian mission and is an incredible ambassador
for our University.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our strength as a university has always come from our ability to stand together — students, alumni, faculty and staff, and fans — united by faith and shared
purpose. While opinions may differ, our commitment to supporting our student-athletes and representing Baylor with integrity must remain unwavering. Let us rally behind our team, encourage one another and demonstrate the unity that makes Baylor special.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your support — emotional, spiritual and financial — matters tremendously. Our student-athletes deserve a program that makes you proud, and we remain committed
to building a team that competes for championships and reflects Baylor’s values.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our search for a new Athletics Director is underway, and I am confident we will welcome a new leader who will usher in a new era of competitive success and
embrace our fans in new and exciting ways. Thank you for standing with us through both the challenges and the celebrations. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.<br>
President, Baylor University</span></p>
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