Art Baker (coach)

Art Baker
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1929-11-30) November 30, 1929
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965-1969	Clemson (RB)
1970-1972	Texas Tech (assistant)
1973–1977	Furman
1978–1982	The Citadel
1983	East Carolina (assistant)
1984	Florida State (QB)
1985–1988	East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	69–80–5
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Art Baker (born November 30, 1929) is a former head coach of the Furman (1973–1977), The Citadel (1978–1982) and East Carolina (1985–1988) college football programs.^[1] Baker is a 1953 Presbyterian College graduate and also was a former assistant football coach there. Baker played football for the Blue Hose from 1950 to 1952, starting at halfback his last two years. He was a member of Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Baker is a recipient of Presbyterian's Bob Waters Award. He was an assistant coach for Frank Howard at Clemson from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1972, Baker was an assistant coach at Texas Tech.^[2] Baker succeeded Bob King at Furman for the 1973 season. As head coach at Furman Baker hired Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield and Bobby Johnson as assistants and all later became head coaches at Furman. Baker was an assistant coach in 1984 for Bobby Bowden at Florida State. He was Associate Athletics Director for Development and Gamecock Club Director at the University of South Carolina for 6 and a half years, retiring on June 30, 1995.

Family

Baker is a native of Sumter, South Carolina. He married Edith Edens of Dalzell, South Carolina. They have 4 children and four grandchildren.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Furman (Southern Conference) (1973–1977)
1973	Furman	7–4
1974	Furman	5–6
1975	Furman	5–5–1
1976	Furman	6–4–1
1977	Furman	4–5–2
Furman:		27–24–4
The Citadel (Southern Conference) (1978–1984)
1978	The Citadel	5–6
1979	The Citadel	6–5
1980	The Citadel	7–4
1981	The Citadel	7–3–1
1982	The Citadel	5–6
The Citadel:		30–24–1
East Carolina (Independent) (1985–1988)
1985	East Carolina	2–9
1986	East Carolina	2–9
1987	East Carolina	5–6
1988	East Carolina	3–8
East Carolina:		12–32
Total:		69–80–5
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

↑ "Art Baker Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
↑ "2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University. p. 68. Retrieved 2011-07-06.

Furman Paladins head football coaches

William Beattie (1889)
H. C. Granger (1890)
H. P. Young (1891–1893)
No team (1894)
H. P. Young (1895)
Coach Sims (1896)
No team (1897–1899)
Frank Spencer (1900)
Charles Roller (1901–1902)
No team (1903–1912)
Cuppy Farmer (1913)
W. B. Bible (1914)
W. B. Bible & Billy Laval (1915)
Billy Laval (1916–1927)
T. B. Amis (1928–1931)
Dizzy McLeod (1932–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Robert W. Smith (1946–1947)
Red Smith (1948–1949)
Bill Young (1950–1954)
Homer Hobbs (1955–1957)
Bob King (1958–1972)
Art Baker (1973–1977)
Dick Sheridan (1978–1985)
Jimmy Satterfield (1986–1993)
Bobby Johnson (1994–2001)
Bobby Lamb (2002–2010)
Bruce Fowler (2011– )

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
Louis LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harvey O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harvey O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014–2015)
Brent Thompson (2016– )

East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010–2015)
Scottie Montgomery (2016– )

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