Baker will serve as the interim head coach during the 2004 season while head coach Jim Fenwick recovers from a bone marrow transplant while fighting acute lymphocytic leukemia since last November.

Baker is in his third season with the Mountaineers' and, along with his head-coaching status, will continue his defensive coordinator duties.

Baker came to La Grande after three years in the Utah State University Aggie program as a defensive line coach.

Prior to Utah State, Baker spent three years a defensive coordinator at Lake Havasu (Ariz.) High School.

Baker is originally from Brockport, N.Y., where he received his undergraduate degree with honors from SUNY-Brockport.
Baker was an All-County quarterback at Brockport High School.