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

Art Baker (born November 30, 1929) is a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at Furman University (1973–1977), The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (1978–1982) and East Carolina University (1985–1988).^[1] Baker is a 1948 graduate of Edmunds High School (now Sumter High School) in Sumter, S. C. and 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 four children and four grandchildren.

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (1973–1977)
1973	Furman	7–4	3–3	T–4th
1974	Furman	5–6	2–4	7th
1975	Furman	5–5–1	2–4	T–6th
1976	Furman	6–4–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
1977	Furman	4–5–2	3–2–1	4th
Furman:		27–24–4	12–15–2
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1978–1984)
1978	The Citadel	5–6	2–3	5th
1979	The Citadel	6–5	4–3	4th
1980	The Citadel	7–4	3–2	4th
1981	The Citadel	7–3–1	3–2–1	T–4th
1982	The Citadel	5–6	3–4	4th
The Citadel:		30–24–1	15–16–1
East Carolina Pirates (NCAA Division I-A 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

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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– )

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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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