|
Jim Baker joined The University of Texas at Arlington as director of intercollegiate athletics Feb. 1, 2012 - just as men's and women's basketball debut in the new $78 million, 7,000-seat College Park Center. Baker previously served as associate athletic director for events, operations and sports programs at UT Austin, where he helped direct significant growth in one of the nation's most recognized athletics programs. Baker earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio, and held positions with The Ohio State University and the University of Florida Athletic Association before joining UT Austin in 1991. In his 20 years with the Texas Longhorn athletics program, Baker had wide-ranging responsibilities, from directing merchandising and concessions, to overseeing more than a dozen athletic facilities construction projects. Most recently, Baker had chief responsibility for the UT Austin golf and baseball programs and directed all game-day activities for football. As UT Arlington athletics director, Baker will manage all aspects of the University's 14 Division I intercollegiate sports programs. In addition to basketball, UT Arlington fields teams in women's volleyball, baseball, softball, men's golf, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's tennis and in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field events. Baker and his wife, Nancy, have two grown sons.
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
