Coaches
Blake Baker
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Blake Baker
Played at Tulane 2000-2004
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Clear Springs HS (TX) (HS) | Position | WR | not known |
| 2010-2012 | Texas | GA | GA | Mack Brown |
| 2013 | Arkansas State | Position | S | Bryan Harsin |
| 2014 | Louisiana Tech | Position | S | Skip Holtz |
| 2015-2018 | Louisiana Tech | DC | DC/LB✓ | Skip Holtz |
| 2019-2020 | Miami | DC | DC/ILB✓ | Manny Diaz* |
| 2021 | LSU | Position | LB | Ed Orgeron |
| 2022-2023 | Missouri | DC | DC/S✓ | Eli Drinkwitz*+ |
| 2024- | LSU (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2024-2026 | LSU | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Brian Kelly (2024-2025), Lane Kiffin*+ (2026) |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | Defensive coordinator | 35 | 58 | 62 | 16 | 128 |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | Defensive coordinator | 111 | 105 | 118 | 35 | 128 |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | Defensive coordinator | 49 | 65 | 113 | 111 | 130 |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | Defensive coordinator | 40 | 42 | 42 | 49 | 130 |
| 2019 | Miami | Defensive coordinator | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 130 |
| 2020 | Miami | Defensive coordinator | 70 | 44 | 75 | 22 | 127 |
| 2022 | Missouri | Defensive coordinator | 56 | 55 | 24 | 116 | 131 |
| 2023 | Missouri | Defensive coordinator | 36 | 32 | 17 | 56 | 133 |
Worked under
- Mack Brown · Texas 2010-2012 (GA)
- Bryan Harsin · Arkansas State 2013 (Position)
- Skip Holtz · Louisiana Tech 2014-2018 (DC, Position)
- Manny Diaz* · Miami 2019-2020 (DC, Position)
- Ed Orgeron · LSU 2021 (Position)
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2022-2023 (DC, Position)
- Brian Kelly · LSU 2024-2025 (DC)
- Lane Kiffin*+ · LSU 2026 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bobby Kennedy · Texas 2010 · him GA, them Position
- Duane Akina · Texas 2010-2012 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Greg Davis · Texas 2010 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Mack Brown · Texas 2010-2012 · him GA, them Head coach
- Major Applewhite* · Texas 2010-2012 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Will Muschamp · Texas 2010 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Bryan Harsin · Texas 2011-2012 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Manny Diaz* · Texas 2011-2012 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Tom Kaufman · Texas 2011 · him GA, them Analyst
- Ephraim Banda · Texas 2012 · him GA, them GA
- Anthony Tucker · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Bryan Harsin · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Bush Hamdan · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Colin Hitschler · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them GA
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- John Thompson · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Lee Marks · Arkansas State 2013 · him Position, them Strength
- Joe Sloan · Louisiana Tech 2014-2018 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Manny Diaz* · Louisiana Tech 2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ronnie Bradford · Louisiana Tech 2014-2015 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Skip Holtz · Louisiana Tech 2014-2018 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Tony Petersen · Louisiana Tech 2014-2015 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Robert McFarland · Louisiana Tech 2015-2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Mickey Joseph · Louisiana Tech 2016 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Todd Fitch · Louisiana Tech 2016-2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Burris · Louisiana Tech 2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Dan Enos · Miami 2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ephraim Banda · Miami 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Manny Diaz* · Miami 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Todd Stroud · Miami 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Jonathan Brewer · Miami 2020 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Rhett Lashlee* · Miami 2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Rob Likens · Miami 2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brad Davis · LSU 2021-2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- DJ Mangas · LSU 2021 · him Position, them Other
- Daronte Jones · LSU 2021 · him Position, them DC
- Ed Orgeron · LSU 2021-2026 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Other
- Jake Peetz · LSU 2021 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jorge Munoz · LSU 2021 · him Position, them Analyst
- Kevin Coyle · LSU 2021 · him Position, them Analyst
- Mickey Joseph · LSU 2021 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Bush Hamdan · Missouri 2022 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Curtis Luper · Missouri 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them Position
- D. J. Smith · Missouri 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Kirby Moore* · Missouri 2023 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Bob Diaco · LSU 2024 · him DC, them Position, ST coord.
- Brian Kelly · LSU 2024-2025 · him DC, them Head coach
- Chuck Bullough · LSU 2024-2026 · him DC, them Analyst
- Cortez Hankton · LSU 2024-2025 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Frank Wilson · LSU 2024-2025 · him DC, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Joe Sloan · LSU 2024-2025 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Slade Nagle · LSU 2024 · him DC, them Position, ST coord.
- Todd Fitch · LSU 2024 · him DC, them Analyst
- Alex Atkins · LSU 2025 · him DC, them OC, Other, Position
- Lance Guidry · LSU 2025 · him DC, them Analyst
- Charlie Weis Jr. · LSU 2026 · him DC, them OC
- Chris Kiffin · LSU 2026 · him DC, them DC, Position
- George McDonald · LSU 2026 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Joe Cox · LSU 2026 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Lane Kiffin*+ · LSU 2026 · him DC, them Head coach
- Lou Spanos · LSU 2026 · him DC, them Other
- Tee Martin · LSU 2026 · him DC, them Analyst