COLUMBIA, Mo. — There goes the defensive coordinator.
Just a couple weeks after signing a contract extension and a week removed from a Cotton Bowl win, Missouri defensive coordinator Blake Baker has left the program to occupy the same role at Louisiana State — not long after signing a contract extension with MU.
The timing of Baker’s move is surprising, coming so closely on the heels of his extension — and after he turned down other potential jobs earlier in the coaching carousel cycle to remain at Mizzou.
“A lot of it, honestly, has to do with my happiness and my family’s happiness in Columbia,” Baker told reporters last week, ahead of the Cotton Bowl.