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By D.C. Jesse Burkhardt
Of tl|e Kmeraid
The University’s new assis
tant athletic director is ap
parently not only the best per
son for the job, in Athletic
Director Bill Byrne’s eyes.
Baker is the only person for the
job.
“He’s the one I wanted,” says
Byrne, who hired Baker as
director of marketing in January
1983. In that position. Baker
worked in all aspects of promo
tions and advertising for the
Athletic Department. “Sam
Baker is one of the best things
that’s ever happened to the
University of Oregon;” Byrne
says.
Baker's tenure as marketing
director proved to be short
lived. At the end of April, he
decided to expand his career by
accepting the position of assis
tant athletic director at Ten
nessee Technical University.
But he was back at the Universi
ty almost before he’d had time
to unpack his bags in
Tennessee,
“If I’d been able to look into a
crystal ball back then, I never
would have left the University
of Oregon,” Baker says. “But
who would have predicted Rick
Bay to take the athletic direc
tor’s job at Ohio State, and that
Bill Byrne would become the
AD here? At the time, the posi
tion at Tennessee Tech seemed
like a good career move.”
Baker rejoined the University
athletic staff on Sept. 1. “But
I’m here to stay this time, and
I’m proud to be back. I want to
continue to do good things for
this school and the communi
ty,” he says, adding with a
chuckle, '“if I have done
anything good so far.”
Baker’s enthusiasm seems
unlimited. “If any university in
the country deserves the best,
it’s the University of Oregon,”
he says.
Baker, 33, was born in Front
Royal, Virginia. He’s a 1974
graduate of James Madison
University. He also earned a
master's degree in athletic ad
ministration from Ohio Univer
sity and he served seven years
as director of athletic promo
tions at William & Mary Univer
sity in Virginia. Now, after
his brief hiatus in Tennessee, he
has returned to the fold, as it
were. Not exactly as a prodigal
son, however.
“The people of Oregon have
been just grea.t to me and my
family,” says Baker. “They’ve
been most gracious in welcom
ing me back. And I’m thrilled to
death to be working with Bill
again.”
Baker has. been chosen to
replace Byrne as coordinator of
the Duck Athletic Fund. Just the
fact that Baker was selected for.
this crucial position seems to,
reflect Byrne’s deep respect .for
Baker. •
“Those are big shoes to fill!”
says Baker.
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Sam Baker
Big projects are on tap. Byrne
is looking to build a completely
new domed Mac Court next to
Autzen, and turn the original
McArthur Court into an exten
sion of the Physical Education
•Department. Also underway, is
the construction of a football
practice field directly to the
north of Autzen Stadium,
which could prove to be in
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