RE: who hired him?(nm)

Posted on: July 18, 2016 at 08:28:24 CT

Mack Rhoades recruited Wren Baker to serve as Rhoades' Deputy Director of Athletics (for External Relations) on May 20, 2015. Baker came to Mizzou from the University of Memphis, where he served as Deputy Director of Athletics/External Affairs from February 2013 to May 2015. Prior to joining Memphis, Baker was Director of Athletics at Northwest Missouri State, where he directed one of the nation's top Division II athletic programs from February 2011-February 2013. From 2006-11, Baker was Director of Athletics at Rogers State, where he was the youngest A.D. in the nation at any four-year university. While at RSU, he was also the first men's basketball coach in school history, and promptly led the Hillcats to a 20-11 record in their first year of competition during the 2006-07 season. Prior to joining Rogers State, Baker became the youngest principal in the state of Oklahoma. At 26, he was named principal and athletic director for Valliant Public Schools in his hometown of Valliant, Oklahoma. Before entering administration Baker served as a basketball operations assistant in the Oklahoma State University athletic department from 2001 to 2005, coordinating a variety of initiatives under the direction of former head men's basketball coach Eddie Sutton.

http://mutigers.com/mobile/staff.aspx?staff=321