{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Chuck Baer | image = Chuck Baer.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|24}} | birth_place = Montana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|5|31|1905|9|24}} | death_place = Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. | player_years1 = 1927–1928 | player_team1 = Illinois | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 1929–1930 | coach_team1 = Emerson Jr. HS (IA) | coach_years2 = 1931–1940 | coach_team2 = Lew Wallace HS (IA) | coach_years3 = 1941–1944 | coach_team3 = Illinois (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1945–1950 | coach_team4 = Detroit | overall_record = 35–21–1 (college)<br>93–26 (high school) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Charles E. Baer''' (September 24, 1905 – May 31, 1987) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Detroit Mercy for six seasons, from 1945 until 1950. His coaching record at Detroit was 35–21–1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Detroit Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/coaching_records.php |accessdate=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213213512/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/coaching_records.php |archivedate=December 13, 2010 }}</ref> Baer is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/26|title=BAER, SR., CHARLES e. | Indiana Football Hall of Fame}}</ref>
Baer was captain of his high school football team in Streator, Illinois, from which he graduated in 1923. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a guard. The team won a Big Ten Conference title in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/26|title=BAER, SR., CHARLES E. {{!}} Indiana Football Hall of Fame|website=www.indiana-football.org|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Detroit Titans | conf = Independent | startyear = 1945 | endyear = 1948 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1945 | name = Detroit | overall = 6–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1946 | name = Detroit | overall = 6–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1947 | name = Detroit | overall = 6–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1948 | name = Detroit | overall = 6–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Detroit Titans | conf = Missouri Valley Conference | startyear = 1949 | endyear = 1950 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1949 | name = Detroit | overall = 5–4 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1950 | name = Detroit | overall = 6–3–1 | conference = 2–1–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Detroit | overall = 35–21–1 | confrecord = 6–1–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 35–21–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
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