Patrick Baker has been the women's head soccer Coach at the
University of Georgia
since December 2004.
In 2005, Baker completed the second-best turnaround in SEC history, winning eight more games
than in the previous year.
Under his leadership, the Bulldogs improved to 12-6-2, good enough for a fifth-place finish in the SEC
and a return to the SEC Tournament.
Georgia thrived in Baker’s 4-4-2 system, scoring 14 more goals than the previous year,
hitting the back of the net 34 times.
The Dogs also posted the best defensive effort in team history, allowing just 10 regular-season goals.
Baker came to UGA after six successful seasons at Florida State that included five straight trips to the NCAA Tournament
and a 2003 College Cup appearance.
As the reigning Soccer America National Coach of the Year, he lead his 2004 Seminoles to a 12-5-3 record,
including a 1-0 win against Georgia in Tallahassee.
His squads also finished in the top-20 five straight times, including a top-five showing in 2003.
The Seminoles reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2000 and 2002, and they have registered 18 wins against ranked teams in the last six years.
Baker come to Athens with impressive credentials as he amassed an 80-46-11 overall record in six seasons at Florida State.
He also led the Seminoles to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
He was named the Soccer America National Coach of the Year in 2003 as he guided Florida State to a 17-8-1
record and a trip to the NCAA College Cup.
Competing in arguably the toughest women’s soccer conference in the country, Baker’s team finished in the top three
of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings three of the last four years and reached the ACC Tournament Championship in 2001 and 2003.
He coached all four of the highest scoring teams in Florida State history.
His Seminole squads hold school records for wins, winning percentage, best ACC winning percentage, most ACC wins,
most goals scored and fewest goals allowed.
Prior to his time at Florida State, Baker compiled a 42-37-5 record in five seasons at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
He led the Quakers to the 1997 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship and was named the Mid-Atlantic Region Coach
of the Year.
He enjoyed a successful five-year stint at North Carolina Wesleyan, where he led the team to three Division III NCAA Tournaments
and was named the National Soccer Coaches of America (NSCAA) Division III South Region Coach of the Year.
Baker received his Bachelor of Arts from Otterbein College in 1989 as a double major in Radio & Television Broadcasting and Journalism
with a minor in Public Relations.
He graduated with a 3.67 GPA and was a four-year starter for the men’s soccer team.
He was named team captain as a junior and senior.
Baker was a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) All-Academic Team from 1986- 89,
was a first-team All-Conference selection in 1989 and played on three OAC Championship squads.
He played soccer for 11 years in England and Germany while his father was stationed overseas with the U.S. Air Force.
He is married to Kelly Sack-Baker, and the couple has two children, Emma Louise, and Ryan Patrick.
