Baker Named Defensive Line Coach

The Carolina Panthers have fulfilled their roster of defensive coaches for the 2009 season, as the team’s newest addition was announced on Friday. Brian Baker, who has spent the last three years as a coach for the St. Louis Rams, has officially accepted a position as defensive line coach of the Panthers for the 2009 season, taking the place of Sal Sunseri, who left Carolina last month to take a job as assistant head coach/linebackers coach at the University of Alabama.

Baker comes to Carolina as a defensive coach for the Panthers after serving as a defensive assistant for the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams, having coached defensive giants such as Kevin Williams, Robert Porcher and Luther Elliss since his arrival into the NFL as a coach in 1996. Before he joined the pros, Brian Baker was a coach at both University of Maryland from 1984-1985 and Georgia Tech from 1987-1995. In his college career, Baker played outside linebacker for Maryland from 1981-1983.
Baker joins Carolina’s newest selections Ron Meeks (defensive coordinator), Richard Smith (linebackers coach) and Ron Milus (defensive backs coach) on the Panthers’ defensive side.

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