Former New York Giants assistant defensive backs coach Henry Baker has been hired by the University of Maryland to coach their cornerbacks this season.
Baker served just one season on Pat Shurmur’s staff after being hired last year. He previously served as cornerbacks coach at North Carolina (2018), Rutgers (2017) and Delaware (2011-2016). He was not retained when the Giants fired Shurmur in January.
The Paterson, New Jersey native was a four-year letter-winner and two-year starter at defensive back at Maryland from 1994-97, earning his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2003 before embarking on a career in coaching.
“Baker fills the lone remaining vacancy on second-year coach Mike Locksley’s staff after Cory Robinson, the cornerbacks coach and defensive passing game coordinator in 2019, left this offseason to take a job as a defensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints,” as per a report in The Baltimore Sun.
“Henry is a former Terp so I know he feels the same way I do about returning his alma mater to a high level,” Locksley said in a news release. “He’s the son of a well-respected high school coach from South Jersey and his ties and connections in that area should be invaluable for us. Henry was a well-respected leader as a player and he will add value to our staff as a proven teacher, mentor and recruiter.”
Baker was a participant in the Bill Walsh NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship, spending time with the Detroit Lions during the 2015 preseason camp and with the Giants in 2016. The annual fellowship was launched to create more job opportunities for minority coaches.
