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Bob Baker brings almost 50 years of competitive swimming experience to
the UWRF swim teams where he serves as assistant coach. Bob grew up in
Alabama and began swimming competitively in Birmingham. After a successful
high-school career, Bob competed at Florida State University where he
was an NCAA Division I national qualifier in the 200 breaststroke. When
he graduated, Bob continued competing at the masters level where he was
nationally ranked for over a decade and placed in the top three at the
Masters Nationals four times.
He began coaching a summer club team in Birmingham while he was attending
Florida State and eventually served as head coach of the Birmingham Swim
League, a large metropolitan team of over 1000 swimmers that dominated
AAU (now USS) swimming in the Southeastern US. This program produced numerous
Division I All-Americans and one two-time world champion and Olympic bronze
medalist (Bill Forester). Later, Bob assisted in coaching a masters team
in Shoreview, MN and was an assistant girls swimming coach for White Bear
Lake, Minnesota, High School for nine years. He has assisted at UWRF since
1993. His daughter, Logan, is a senior on this year's team. Bob holds
a Ph.D. in geology and has been a member of the faculty at UWRF since
1977.
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