In the six years that Scott Baker has been at the helm of Sewanee Baseball, the program has seen drastic improvement both on and at the field.  Since Baker's arrival on the Mountain, the Tigers have set school records for wins in a season, conference wins, have qualified for the SCAC tournament for the first three times in school history, and have compiled more wins than in any three, four, five and six five year span in school history.

Now just nine wins behind the legendary Shirley Majors on the all-time Sewanee win list, Baker has also overseen an almost complete renovation of Montgomery Field.  With the assistance and generosity of parents, followers and fans, the Tigers now boast a facility that includes: an 80 foot by 36 foot roofed in hitting area, infield sprinkler system, spacious dugouts, hand made wooden benches, textured block backstop wall with netting, new sod and a laser graded infield, six foot fencing with windscreen and capping surrounding the entire field, new bleacher seating, reconstructed bull pens, artificial turf in front of the dugouts and in the on deck areas, new foul poles and a new scoreboard.

Additionally, the Tigers have had 55 All-SCAC Academic selections, two Academic All-District picks, two All-Region choices, ten First Team All-SCAC and ten Honorable mention All-SCAC performers since 2001.  Much of this can be attributed to Baker's insistence on two things.  One, that his players give their best effort at all times.  Secondly, that the Tigers do every thing as close to the way they were done at his previous post at the Division I level as possible.

During his 15 years as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern University, Baker helped the Eagles to 521 wins, seven conference championships and a trip to the College World Series.  His duties included 13 years as recruiting coordinator, serving as third base coach and handling on-field responsibilities for hitting, offensive strategy, catching and outfield play.  Administratively, "Bake" oversaw scheduling, academic monitoring, travel coordination, equipment and daily practice planning in addition to recruiting.

Under Baker's direction, GSU successfully signed 14 All-Americans, 26 All-Conference selections, and 35 drafted players, including four who reached the Major Leagues.  During that span, "Bake's" recruiting classes were ranked in the top 30 in Division I eight times.  The Eagles also claimed four Conference Players of the Year, three GTE Academic All-Americans, and four Freshman All-Americans.

The Linwood, N.J. native was promoted to Associate Head Coach under ABCA Hall of Fame Coach Jack Stallings in 1994.  One season later, GSU reached No. 7 in the national polls and fell one game short of the CWS.

Prior to his stint at Georgia Southern, Baker, 46, coached for a pair of seasons at his alma mater, Mainland Regional High School in Linwood.  Baker also managed at New Market and Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley (Va.) Collegiate League for two summers (1987-88).  His playing career highlights include being team captain in high school and a four-year starter in college.  Mainly a catcher, he was all-league as a prep and in two of his four seasons of college ball-at Atlantic Community College (N.J.) and then Salisbury (Md.)-his teams advanced to post-season play, falling one game short of the NCAA Division III World Series in his junior year.

He has been a speaker at various clinics around the southeast, and is a six-time guest instructor at the New York Baseball Academy.  He was coordinator and staff member at the Georgia Southern Teaching Baseball School and has traveled as far away as Aruba for a series of camps and clinics.  Scott is the author of numerous articles published in national magazines on fundamentals, teaching, fund raising and the psychology of coaching.

He holds an associate of arts degree (1980) from Atlantic Community College where he graduated with high honors, a social science degree (1982) from Salisbury State, and a master in counseling from Georgia Southern (1986).

Baker married his high school sweetheart, the former Jeanne Smith, in 1983.  They have two sons, Scotty, 20, and Kyle, 16.  The Bakers live in Winchester, Tenn.