Jon Baker will enter his second season as a member of the Thunderbird coaching staff in 2012 in addition to his duties as the Director of the Color Country Volleyball Club.
Baker has been involved with club volleyball since 1998 where he assisted with the Mountain West volleyball club. He came from being a head coach for the Diamondback Volleyball Club in Las Cruces New Mexico where he was mentored by NMSU head coach Mike Jordan.
Baker has worked with Elite Sports Camps as a volleyball camp instructor since the summer of 2001, working with coaches, high school and club teams in clinics throughout the Western United States.
While in New Mexico, Baker taught Physical Education, became an Athletic Director, Assistant Principal and coached volleyball as well as other sports for eight years in the Las Cruces Public Schools.
Baker earned a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and is the husband of current SUU head coach, Debby Baker.
