Blake Baker has been an elite defensive coordinator in his four seasons in the position. Baker led a stout defense at Louisiana Tech in succeeding Diaz before joining the Miami football staff during the 2019 offseason.
In an extensive article by Bruce Feldman in The Athletic, Baker is named one of 40 college football assistants to watch in 2019. The 36-year-old Baker is one of the rising young assistant coaches in the country. He will get a chance to prove that acknowledgment in a Power Five program in 2019.
Louisiana Tech was fifth in FBS in 2018 in sacks and 13th in tackles for loss with Baker running the Bulldogs defense.