Top 25
0-15
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Coach Profile
1973-1988 • East Carolina, Furman, The Citadel
3 schools coached, anchored by Furman.
Art Baker coached 13 seasons, won 46.5%, and posted an average SRS of -6.6. Best season: 1976 Furman. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Furman
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 41.8.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
6-4-1 • SRS 3.1 • SP Overall 10.2
Win %
59.1%
YoY SRS
+13.4
SP Off / Def
21.8 / 11.8
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 25
0-15
Top 10
0-9
Top 5
0-5
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | East Carolina | Miami | #4 | L7-31 |
| 1988 Regular Week 9 | East Carolina | Syracuse | #19 | L14-38 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | East Carolina | Florida State | #5 | L21-45 |
| 1988 Regular Week 7 | East Carolina | West Virginia | #7 | L10-30 |
| 1988 Regular Week 4 | East Carolina | South Carolina | #14 | L0-17 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | East Carolina | Miami | #3 | L3-41 |
| 1987 Regular Week 9 | East Carolina | South Carolina | #19 | L12-34 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | East Carolina | Florida State | #7 | L3-44 |
| 1986 Regular Week 14 | East Carolina | Miami | #1 | L10-36 |
| 1986 Regular Week 5 | East Carolina | Penn State | #5 | L17-42 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | East Carolina | Auburn | #8 | L0-45 |
| 1985 Regular Week 15 | East Carolina | LSU | #12 | L15-35 |
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | East Carolina | Auburn | #13 | L10-35 |
| 1985 Regular Week 4 | East Carolina | Penn State | #10 | L10-17 |
| 1980 Regular Week 11 | The Citadel | South Carolina | #14 | L24-45 |
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
East Carolina
1985-1988 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -4.4 • Win % 27.3%
The Citadel
1978-1981 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -7.7 • Win % 58.0%
Furman
1973-1977 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -7.4 • Win % 52.7%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Art Baker sets the reference point in overall strength.
Art Baker sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Art Baker
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1985-1988 • 12-32
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.4 during vs -2.1 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.0 during vs -1.4 baseline
-4.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
1978-1981 • 25-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 4.8 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.7 during vs -10.4 baseline
+2.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.3 during vs -10.2 baseline
+5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1973-1977 • 27-24-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 3.4 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.4 during vs -27.0 baseline
+19.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.5 during vs -20.0 baseline
+12.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Furman 1976
6-4-1 • SRS 3.1
Biggest Improvement
Furman 1976
6-4-1 • 13.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
East Carolina 1988
3-8 • SP Off 32.4
Best Defensive Season
Furman 1976
6-4-1 • SP Def 11.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Furman 1974
5-6 • SRS -13.6
Biggest Drop
Furman 1977
4-5-2 • -12.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| East Carolina | 1988 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.1 | -1.2 | 32.4 | 33.9 | -0.9 | -18.2% |
| East Carolina | 1987 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.2 | -0.9 | 32.1 | 33.3 | +9.0 | +27.3% |
| East Carolina | 1986 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.2 | -10.0 | 25.2 | 33.9 | -2.0 | 0.0% |
| East Carolina | 1985 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -7.2 | -12.1 | 18.6 | 29.7 | +3.4 | -50.0% |
| The Citadel | 1981 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | -10.6 | -2.0 | 19.9 | 22.0 | -11.0 | +4.5% |
| The Citadel | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 0.4 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 22.4 | +10.1 | +9.1% |
| The Citadel | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -9.7 | -11.7 | 23.4 | 33.5 | +1.3 | +9.1% |
| The Citadel | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -11.0 | -11.1 | 18.7 | 28.9 | -1.6 | 0.0% |
| Furman | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | -9.4 | -17.2 | 16.4 | 33.1 | -12.5 | -13.6% |
| Furman | 1976 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 3.1 | 10.2 | 21.8 | 11.8 | +13.4 | +9.1% |
| Furman | 1975 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -10.3 | -10.6 | 15.1 | 25.4 | +3.3 | +4.5% |
| Furman | 1974 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -13.6 | -17.2 | 6.3 | 21.0 | -6.8 | -18.2% |
| Furman | 1973 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -6.8 | -2.5 | 19.3 | 22.0 | — | — |
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