Art Baker

Head coach, 1973–1988

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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index in development

Seasons here—

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1985–1988East CarolinaHead Coach

1978–1981The CitadelHead Coach

1973–1977FurmanHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak59Career51

1973–1988 · 13 seasonsRecord 64-74National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 59: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Peak 59: best five-season stretch, 1973–1976 at Furman (23-19), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
Career 51 (#465 since 1936): total accomplishment over 13 seasons (64-74), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Season	Team	Record	Season rank	vs contemporaries
1988	East Carolina	3-8	#59	-0.11 SD
1987	East Carolina	5-6	#55	-0.05 SD
1986	East Carolina	2-9	#78	-0.76 SD
1985	East Carolina	2-9	#75	-0.65 SD
1981	The Citadel	7-3-1	#101	-0.92 SD
1980	The Citadel	7-4	#65	-0.11 SD
1979	The Citadel	6-5	#99	-0.96 SD
1978	The Citadel	5-6	#103	-1.05 SD
1977	Furman	4-5-2	#101	-0.92 SD
1976	Furman	6-4-1	#54	+0.13 SD
1975	Furman	5-5-1	#104	-1.04 SD
1974	Furman	5-6	#102	-1.29 SD
1973	Furman	7-4	#82	-0.70 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).