Baker's life in athletics began at an early age with participation on youth football and basketball teams as well as batting cleanup on two New York State champion baseball teams. In high school he was a 3 sport letterman in football, baseball, and basketball, earning all conference accolades at Arlington High School where he is a proud member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.

Following high school, Baker focused on baseball at the collegiate level gaining recognition as an All Conference designated hitter and Academic All American catcher at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee.

Despite his success as a player and coach, Baker has found his true athletic niche in mentoring, directing, and supporting coaches and student-athletes at the middle and high school levels. His teams have won innumerable conference, district and region titles while securing state championships in eight different sports, at four different schools in three different states.

Building the athletic program at GOCA is Baker's current challenge and he enjoys his daily efforts in exposing GOCA student-athletes to all the benefits that participation in competitive sports can provide them.