Patrick Baker

Biography

trick Baker was named head coach of the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer program in February 2013 after successful stints at NCAA Division I, II and III institutions. Baker is the fourth head coach in the program's 22-year history. This past season, Baker led the team to their best finish in over 10 years, advancing all the way to the Conference USA Tournament final match. The Owls ended the year 12-8-2 while going 6-3-1 in C-USA play to earn the league's No. 4 seed. They upended the regular season champions, North Texas, in the semifinal round, but fell to Charlotte in the finals. The 12-8-2 record marked the first time the program has posted consecutive winning seasons since 2006-07, and the first time they had 10 or more wins in back-to-back years since 2005-06. Eight members of the team earned C-USA postseason honors, including Goalkeeper of the Year Sydney Drinkwater. After a year where she led the league in shutouts (and broke the program's all-time record in that category) she was also chosen as a First Team member of the NSCAA All-Central Region Team, joined by fellow selections Erica Burt (Second Team) and Sammy Rowland (Third Team).

Research Interest

Sport education