LaMark Anthony Baker (born November 11, 1969) is a retired American
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player and current coach. He is the former head coach of the
Dayton Jets
The Dayton Jets were a team in the International Basketball League based in Dayton, Ohio. The team made the championship game their first year.
In the team's first season, the Jets were coached by former Ohio State University standout Mark Baker. ...
of the
International Basketball League
The International Basketball League (IBL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. In 2010 the Albany Legends became the first team in the Northeastern United States to join. The I ...
.
He played collegiately for the
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
as
point guard from 1989–1992. He is currently third in all-time assists in Ohio State history.
After graduating, he was not drafted and signed with the
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
's
Charlotte Hornets, but was waived before the 1992–93 season started. Baker played two seasons in the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Columbus Horizon (1992–93) and the Grand Rapids Hoops (1998–99), averaging 10.6 points and 7.2 assists per game for his CBA career. He played one game for the
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...
in the
1999 season. He also played professionally in Italy in
Serie A2 for
Bini Viaggi Livorno (1997–98). In 2001, he played for the
Florida Sea Dragons of the
USBL
The United States Basketball League (USBL) was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985 and ceased operations in 2008. The USBL started in 1985 as one of the first basketball leagues to play a late-spring to ...
.
USBasket page on Florida Sea Dragons
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References
External links
Mark Baker Foundation
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1969 births
Living people
Basketball coaches from Ohio
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Dayton, Ohio
Columbus Horizon players
Grand Rapids Hoops players
KK Cibona players
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Point guards
Toronto Raptors players
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
United States Basketball League players