Charles David Baldwin (born March 22, 1955) is an

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coach who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the

University of Northern Colorado The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) is a public university in Greeley, Colorado. The university was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado and has a long history in teacher education. The institution has officially changed ...

. Baldwin served as the head football coach at

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

from 1995 to 1996 and at

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from 1997 to 2000. He was in the interim head coach at

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for 2014 Las Vegas Bowl.

Coaching career

He has served as a graduate assistant coach at

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, the

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, and the offensive coordinator at Baylor. Following San Jose State, he served as the offensive coordinator at

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and

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. Baldwin was the head football coach at Cal State Northridge from 1995 to 1996, compiling a record of 9–12. He was also the head football coach at San Jose State. During his tenure as head coach at

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from 1997 to 2000, he had three straight wins over

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(including in their Rose Bowl season of

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). In 1997, SJSU upset No. 24

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, (25–22) their first win over a ranked opponent since 1990. In 2000, SJSU beat ninth-ranked TCU (27–24) ending their 12-game winning streak. Also in 2000, SJSU earned a mark of 7–5, their first winning season in eight years. His overall record at San Jose State University was 18–27. Baldwin served as the

for the

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from 2012 until 2014. He also was the interim head coach for the Rams during the 2014 Las Vegas Bowl, following

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's departure for the

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. On December 20, 2014, following the Bowl Game, Baldwin along with the entire coaching staff received their termination papers. In 2015, Baldwin joined

Oregon State Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering col ...

as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach under

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. The following season, Baldwin left his duties as offensive coordinator and became the inside receivers coach. He later became tight ends coach in 2017. Baldwin and other assistant coaches were fired on November 26, 2017 as Oregon State continued its coaching search, over a month after Andersen resigned and

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took over as interim head coach.

Personal

Baldwin is married and has three children. In 2015, Baldwin disclosed he has been drinking 16 to 18 cans of

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a day for over 15 years.

Head coaching record

Junior college

College

* Interim HC for bowl game

References

External links

Northern Colorado profile

Oregon State profile

Cincinnati profile
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