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• In 2021-2022 Baker helped the Hoyas to a first place finish in the women's Cross Country Big East Championships and a second place finish for the men

• Helped lead the men's outdoor team to a second place finish and the women's team to a third place finish in the BIG EAST outdoor championships. 

• Coached the USATF U20 3,000-meter champion who went on to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships

• In 2021-2022 Baker helped lead the Hoyas to five first-place finishes at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.

• In 2019-20, three of Mitchell's athletes were awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors 

• The 2018-19 season saw the Georgetown women have a breakout performance at the 2019 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. The Blue & Gray tallied three event titles, capturing wins in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs as well as the 4x800-meter relay.

• Following the completion of the season, a GU athlete captured the 1,500-meter title at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships. 

PRIOR TO GEORGETOWN

• Baker most recently served as the head coach of women's cross country and assistant coach of track and field at Brown University, in charge of women’s middle distance from 2011 until he left Providence, Rhode Island. He also held a large responsibility in terms of recruiting.

• In 2017, Baker’s efforts earned the Bears a No. 7 recruit class ranking from FloTrack. He was also responsible for recruiting Brown’s first-ever Footlocker Finalists and Nike National qualifiers, and the second-fastest 1,600-meter runner in Minnesota history at the time.

• During his seven-year coaching stint, Brown broke 15 school records, had one All-American, one USA Junior National Team selection, two NCAA Championship qualifiers, one USA Championship qualifier, eight NCAA first round qualifiers, and 20 All-Academic individuals directly under his guidance.

• Prior to his time at Brown, Baker spent four years as an assistant cross country and primary events coach at Williams College in Massachusetts.

• He assisted both the men’s and women’s teams that garnered seven finishes in the NCAA top 10, 11 Division III New England Regional Championships, and 11 New England Small College Athletic Conference titles.

• As Williams’ day-to-day coach of the middle-distance events, 10 student-athletes earned a total of 22 All-America awards. Of those, 10 came by virtue of top-three NCAA finishes, including the men's outdoor 5,000-meter champion in 2010, later named USTFCCCA Outdoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

• Another of his student-athletes raced to runner-up NCAA outdoor 1,500-meter finishes in consecutive years, was named New England Regional Athlete of the Year and qualified for the 2009 USATF Senior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the eighth-fastest time in Division III history.

• In addition to the All-America performances, student-athletes from his group competed at the NCAA Championships 11 additional times, and 15 more performances made the NCAA provisional or automatic cut.

• During his first two fall seasons, the men and women's cross country squads earned third-place finishes in 2008 and three athletes earned All-America honors.

• Academically, the teams nabbed USTFCCCA Academic honors both years with the 2008 men's team earning National Academic Team of the Year.

• Baker began his coaching career in the Catholic League of New York City.

• In 2003, he worked with the Nike Farm Team in California under the direction of USATF Hall of Famer and Georgetown legend Frank Gagliano.

• Baker spent a year in Kenya serving as an apprentice with the Qatar Training Camp along side world-renowned Italian coach Renato Canova.

• Baker has completed the USATF Level 1 Education School and is certified by the USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy for the jumping events.