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Art Baker (American football coach)

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as assistants and all later became head coaches at Furman. Baker was an assistant coach in 1984 for
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This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1970s is a
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graduate and also was a former assistant football coach there. Baker played football for the
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from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1972, Baker was an assistant coach at
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at Furman for the 1973 season. As head coach at Furman Baker hired
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Baker died in Sumter on January 13, 2024, at the age of 94.
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for six and a half years before retiring on June 30, 1995.
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his last two years. He was a member of Mu chapter of
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fraternity. Baker was a recipient of Presbyterian's
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Index

Art Baker (coach)
Sumter, South Carolina
HC
Clemson
Texas Tech
Furman
The Citadel
East Carolina
Florida State
East Carolina
American football
Furman University
The Citadel
East Carolina University
Sumter High School
Sumter, South Carolina
Presbyterian College
Blue Hose
halfback
Pi Kappa Alpha
Bob Waters
Frank Howard
Clemson
Texas Tech
Bob King
Dick Sheridan
Jimmy Satterfield
Bobby Johnson
Bobby Bowden
Florida State

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