Art Baker is a former head coach

Head coach

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 of the Furman

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

 (1973–1977), The Citadel (1978–1982) and East Carolina

East Carolina University

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 (1985–1988) college football

College football

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 programs. Baker is a 1953 Presbyterian College

Presbyterian College

Presbyterian College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Presbyterian College, or PC, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. PC was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs, a prominent Presbyterian minister who also founded the nearby Thornwell Home and...

 graduate and also was a former assistant football coach there. Baker played football for the Blue Hose from 1950 to 1952, starting at halfback

Halfback (American football)

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 his last two years. He was a member of Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Alpha

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 fraternity. Baker is a recipient of Presbyterian's Bob Waters

Bob Waters

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 Award. He was an assistant coach for Frank Howard

Frank Howard (football coach)

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 at Clemson

Clemson University

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 from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1972, Baker was an assistant coach at Texas Tech

Texas Tech University

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. Baker succeeded Bob King

Bob King (American football coach)

Robert B. "Bob" King was the head football coach at Furman University from 1958 to 1972. He had previously been an assistant football coach for ends at the University of Illinois for 11 years. He is a member of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame and was Southern Conference Media Coach of the...

 at Furman for the 1973 season. As head coach at Furman Baker hired Dick Sheridan

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, Jimmy Satterfield and Bobby Johnson

Bobby Johnson

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 as assistants and all later became head coaches at Furman. Baker was an assistant coach in 1984 for Bobby Bowden

Bobby Bowden

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 at Florida State

Florida State University

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. He was Associate Athletics Director for Development and Gamecock Club Director at the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

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 for 6 and a half years, retiring on June 30, 1995.

Family

Baker is a native of Sumter, South Carolina

Sumter, South Carolina

-Demographics:, there were 59,180 people, 34,717 households, and 4,049 families living in the city. The population density was 4,469.5 people per square mile . There were 416,032 housing units at an average density of 603.0 per square mile...

. He married Edith Edens of Dalzell, South Carolina

Dalzell, South Carolina

Dalzell is a census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,260 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sumter, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. They have 4 children and four grandchildren.

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