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Brian Baker (other)
Brian Baker may refer to: * Brian Baker (actor) (born 1967), American actor and former Sprint spokesman * Brian Baker (American football) (born 1962), American football coach and former player * Brian Baker (musician) (born 1965), American guitarist for punk bands Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, and Bad Religion, among others * Brian Baker (tennis) (born 1985), American professional tennis player * Brian Baker (politician) (1973–2021), American politician and Missouri State Representative * Brian Baker (runner) (born 1970), American track and field athlete and coach * Brian Edmund Baker (1896–1979), British World War I flying ace * Brian Baker (producer), American engineer and producer for bands including Blue October * Brian Baker (The Wire) The Baltimore Police Department plays an integral part in '' The Wire''. Command The department is led by a Police Commissioner assisted by Deputy Commissioners of Operations (often shortened to Deputy Ops) and Administration. The Police Commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (actor)
Brian Edward Baker (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor best known for his recurring role as a trenchcoated spokesman in Sprint Corporation, Sprint's Television advertisement, television commercials. Biography Early career Baker began his acting career at the age of 11 as a member of a now-defunct community film enthusiast club known as ''Cinekyd'', based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, where youngsters acted in, directed, edited, and produced amateur movies under adult supervision. In Chicago, Illinois, following college, he studied at The Second City improvisational comedy troupe, while also working as a Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and in the Seanachai Theatre Company. To make ends meet he waited tables at John's Place in Chicago's Lincoln Park, Chicago, Lincoln Park neighborhood. Sprint Baker moved to Los Angeles, California in 1999, and within six weeks, had landed the role that would be his big break—The Sprint Guy. Although originally contracted to appear in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (American Football)
Brian Baker is an American football coach, former Linebacker, and former defensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He had been coaching for over 30 years in football both college and the NFL prior to his joining the Colts. Playing career A Baltimore native, Brian played outside linebacker for the Maryland Terrapins between 1980 and their ACC championship in 1983. During his time there, he was teammates with Boomer Esiason and Frank Reich. In 1984, he spent his time working as a student assistant for the Terps. In 1985, he earned a degree in marketing while serving as a graduate assistant. Coaching career After the two years coaching at his alma mater Baker went to Army where he served as the running backs coach for 1986. Following his year at Army Baker coached linebackers at Georgia Tech for nine years. In 1995 he added the defensive coordinator. In 1996 he made the leap to the NFL coaching the defensive line coach of the San Diego Chargers as a part of his Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (musician)
Brian Baker (born February 25, 1965) is an American punk rock musician. He is best known as one of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, and as a guitarist in Bad Religion since 1994. In Minor Threat, he originally played bass guitar before switching to guitar in 1982 when Steve Hansgen joined the band, and then moved back to bass after Hansgen's departure. He also founded Dag Nasty in 1985, was part of the original line-up of Samhain, and has had stints in Doggy Style, The Meatmen (with fellow Minor Threat member Lyle Preslar), Government Issue, and Junkyard (a hard rock band). In 1994 Baker was offered a spot as a touring musician with R.E.M. but declined, opting instead to accept a position in Bad Religion as Brett Gurewitz's replacement. He also experimented with a more pop direction influenced by U2, with a band called 400. Baker briefly toured with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in 2005 and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope's second albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (tennis)
Brian Richard Baker (born April 30, 1985) is an American retired professional tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee. Junior career As a junior player, Baker won the 2002 Orange Bowl. In 2003, he reached the boys' singles final of the French Open after beating Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to Stan Wawrinka. Baker reached No. 2 in singles and No. 5 in doubles in the junior world rankings. Pro career Early career Baker's biggest win of his fledgling career occurred in August 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open. The victory was Baker's first Grand Slam win. Baker originally played on the tour for only a short time, from 2002 through 2005, as well as participating in three autumn Challenger events in 2007. He won one Challenger event in singles (and three in doubles) during this time and reached a career-best singles ranking of world No. 172 on Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (politician)
Brian Baker (August 9, 1973 – June 24, 2021) was an American politician. Biography A Republican, he represented part of Cass County (District 123) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to the House in November 2002. He served from 2002 to 2008. He later served as the Northern Commissioner for Cass County from 2008 until 2016. Baker died from COVID-19 in June 2021, aged 47. Education Brian Baker received his education from the following institutions: *MA, Religious Studies, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002 *BA, English Literature, Central Missouri State University, 1998 References Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives 1973 births 2021 deaths University of Central Missouri alumni People from Cass County, Missouri Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri {{Missouri-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (runner)
Brian Baker (born 8 June 1970) is a retired American long-distance runner and current coach at Gardner-Webb University. Early career Baker was born and raised in Batesville, Arkansas, and competed in his prep career at Batesville High School. He holds the state high school record in the 3200 meter run with 9:09.80 minutes. He was also a two-time state champion in the 1600 and 3200 meter run events. Baker ran collegiately at the University of Arkansas, winning team national titles in 1990 (indoor track and cross country), 1991 (indoor), 1992 (cross country, indoor and outdoor) and 1993 (cross country, indoor and outdoor). He won the NCAA Outdoor 5000-meter run in 1994 and ran a leg on the winning indoor distance medley relay team the same year. Baker won two individual SEC conference cross country titles and two conferences titles in the 5000 meter run during his career at Arkansas. Baker's team won twelve total conference championships during his career and he was a seven time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Edmund Baker
Air Marshal Sir Brian Edmund Baker (31 August 1896 – 8 October 1979), was an officer of the Royal Air Force who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace in World War I credited, in conjunction with his gunners, with twelve victories, comprising one enemy aircraft captured, four destroyed (including one shared), and seven "out of control" (including one shared). Biography Baker was educated at Haileybury College between 1910 and 1914. World War I On 9 January 1915 Baker received a commission as a temporary second lieutenant, in the 15th (Service) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. In August 1915, Baker was transferred into the Royal Flying Corps, and received the Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate No. 1938 at the military flying school at Montrose on 25 October 1915. On 7 December 1915 Baker was assigned to the General List, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and appointed a flying officer. With only 12 hours of flight time in his log book, he was posted to No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (producer)
Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist Matt Noveskey and lead guitarist Will Knaak. The band has had seventeen Top 40 singles on the alternative rock chart over their past eight studio albums, and are best known for their platinum singles " Hate Me" and " Into the Ocean" from their 2006 platinum album '' Foiled''. Their latest album, the triple album ''Spinning The Truth Around'' will be released in three installments, the first of which was released October 14, 2022. Band history Early years and ''The Answers'' (1995–1998) Blue October was formed by lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, his brother Jeremy and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye. The band was discovered by former Kid Rock manager Michael Rand performing at the Pappadeaux Cafe in Housto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Baker (The Wire)
The Baltimore Police Department plays an integral part in '' The Wire''. Command The department is led by a Police Commissioner assisted by Deputy Commissioners of Operations (often shortened to Deputy Ops) and Administration. The Police Commissioner answers directly to the city mayor and outlines the departmental goals which are then enforced by the Deputy Commissioners. The Deputy Ops wields a great deal of power and is responsible for the day-to-day activity of the department's district and investigative unit commanders. The Administrative Deputy oversees the Internal Investigations Division (IID) and other units. The real life chain of command from the Commissioner downwards is Deputy Commissioner, Chief, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, and Detective/Officer. However, in the series, any mention of the ranks of Chief, Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain are omitted. Presumably this is to avoid confusion and make the relationships between differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Makers (Australian Band)
The Makers were an Australian band formed by ex-Split Enz keyboardist, Eddie Rayner, and musician and singer, Brian Baker. The duo formed in 1988 after recording the tracks for a feature film, ''Rikky and Pete''. The self-titled debut album ''The Makers'' released in 1990, provided three singles. The second album, ''Hokey Pokey'', was released in 1992 with two further singles. They toured Australia in 1991 supporting the B-52's. History The Makers were formed in 1988 in Melbourne by Brian Baker (ex-the Ones) on lead vocals, lead guitar and programming; and Eddie Rayner (ex-the Wanx, Split Enz) on keyboards, keyboard bass, synthesisers and programming. Baker and Rayner had met in 1985 when the latter produced the Ones' debut single, "Heart" (1986). Rayner then worked in England on Paul McCartney's album, ''Press to Play'' (August 1986), before connecting with fellow Split Enz alumni, Noel Crombie, Nigel Griggs and Phil Judd in the Wanx (which were renamed Schnell Fenster) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverview Church
Riverview Church is a large, contemporary, non-denominational, multi-cultural and multi-generational community of Jesus-followers situated in Burswood, Western Australia, Burswood, an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The church is led by Senior Minister Steve McCready and Executive Minister Tania Watson and has a multi-site approach with weekend gatherings also held weekly at Joondalup, in the northern suburbs of Perth. Riverview is one of the largest churches in Western Australia, with weekly attendance averaging 3,500 members (including a team of over 1,000 volunteers). History Rhema Faith Fellowship The church was founded by the first pastor, Brian Baker, who was born in England and with his wife, Valerie Baker, migrated to New Zealand in 1972 and ran various ministries there. They subsequently trained at Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma under Pastor Kenneth E. Hagin, and started the Inner City Faith Fellowship at Holmes Hall in Belmont, Western Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
