# Rod Baker

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American professional basketball coach (born 1952)

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Rod Baker Personal information Born (1952-03-18) March 18, 1952 (age 74) Career information College Holy Cross (1970–1974) Coaching career 1976–present Career history Coaching 1976–1977 Brown (assistant) 1977–1979 Columbia (assistant) 1979–1982 Saint Joseph's (assistant) 1983–1988 Tufts 1988–1991 Seton Hall (assistant) 1991–1997 UC Irvine 1997–2000 Cincinnati (assistant) 2000–2001 Rutgers (associate HC) 2002–2003 Grand Rapids Hoops 2003–2005 Harlem Globetrotters 2005–2012 Rochester Razorsharks 2012–2013 Bakersfield Jam (assistant) 2013–2014 Delaware 87ers 2021–2024 NBA G League Ignite (assistant) Career highlights Big West Coach of the Year (1996) ABA Coach of the Year (2006) 2× PBA Coach of the Year (2008, 2009) Medals Men's basketball Representing United States World University Games 1993 Buffalo Team competition men's national basketball team Assistant Coach for United States 1995 Tokyo Team competition

**Rod Baker** (born March 18, 1952) is an American professional basketball coach who last served as an assistant coach for the [NBA G League Ignite](/source/NBA_G_League_Ignite) of the [NBA G League](/source/NBA_G_League).

## College career

Baker played basketball at the [College of the Holy Cross](/source/College_of_the_Holy_Cross) in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1970 to 1974. While playing, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and was an Education Minor.

## Head coaching record

Record table Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Tufts Jumbos (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1983–1988) 1983–84 Tufts 12–12 – 1984–85 Tufts 15–10 – 1985–86 Tufts 15–10 – 1986–87 Tufts 14–11 – 1987–88 Tufts 16–9 – Tufts: 72–52 – UC Irvine Anteaters (Big West Conference) (1991–1997) 1991–92 UC Irvine 7–22 3–15 9th 1992–93 UC Irvine 6–21 4–14 8th 1993–94 UC Irvine 10–20 4–14 10th 1994–95 UC Irvine 13–16 6–12 8th 1995–96 UC Irvine 15–12 11–7 2nd 1996–97 UC Irvine 1–25 1–15 9th UC Irvine: 52–116 29–77 Total: 124–168 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

## References

## External links

- [Profile](http://basketball.usbasket.com/coach/Rod_Baker/1587) at Eurobasket.com

v t e Tufts Jumbos men's basketball head coaches Herb Miller (1918–1919) Earl Andrews (1919–1920) T. C. Ferguson (1920–1922) Ed O'Donnell (1922–1923) Dirrell Sample (1923–1927) Lewis Manly (1927–1934) Arthur Cochran (1934–1944) Dick Cochran # (1944–1946) Frederick M. Ellis (1946–1953) George Grimshaw (1953–1971) Tom Penders (1971–1974) Bob Johnson (1974–1975) John White (1975–1983) Rod Baker (1983–1988) Bob Sheldon (1988–2020) No team (2020–2021) Brandon Linton (2021– ) # denotes interim head coach

v t e UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball head coaches Danny Rogers (1965–1967) Dick Davis (1967–1969) Tim Tift (1969–1980) Bill Mulligan (1980–1991) Rod Baker (1991–1997) Pat Douglass (1997–2010) Russell Turner (2010– )

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