As head coach at Furman Baker hired Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield and Bobby Johnson as assistants and all later became head coaches at Furman. Baker was an assistant coach in 1984 for Bobby Bowden at Florida State.
Baker's hiring of Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield, and Bobby Johnson as assistants at Furman led to all three becoming head coaches there later on. Similarly, Baker's stint as an assistant coach under Bobby Bowden at Florida State in 1984 laid the groundwork for his future success.