Marty Baker

Biography

Assistant coach Marty Baker enters his second season on Joe Kirt’s Tennessee staff in 2024. In 2024, the Lady Vols advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season and 16th time in program history. UT compiled a record of 9-7-4 and earned three All-SEC selections, along with six athletes being tabbed CSC Academic All-District honorees. In his first year, the Lady Vols overcame adversity to advance to their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Under the direction of Baker, goalkeeper Ally Zazzara helped lead UT down the stretch. During the Lady Vols' upset victory over #17 Xavier on the road in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Zazzara tied the program record with 15 saves as Tennessee claimed the victory in a 1-0 double-overtime victory. Prior to joining on at UT, Baker spent four seasons as an assistant coach at VCU, where he helped guide the Rams to a 73-17-13 record and a 2021 Atlantic 10 Championship. In 2022, he coached goalkeeper Whitney Horton, who recorded eight shutouts and posted a goals-against average of .855 en route to earning Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week honors on two occasions. Horton never started a game for VCU prior to her senior season when she started every match and ranked fourth in the nation in total minutes. A Knoxville native, Baker previously spent two seasons with the Lady Vols, joining the program in the spring of 2017 as a graduate manager before being elevated to volunteer assistant in the fall. During hi