Daquan Baker joined the West Virginia football program in June 2023 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach.
He assists WVU’s football program with the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning plans for the football student-athletes with the goal to helping improve a football player’s strength, performance, conditioning and injury prevention.
Baker came to West Virginia from Georgia Southern, where he was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the 2022 football season. He coordinated weigh-ins, daily attendance and post workout nutrition, while managing equipment and data collection for accountability groups.
Prior to Georgia Southern, Baker completed a 10-week internship at Texas State and has experience in strength and speed improvement at the Jon “Bones” Jones Training Camp, Zia Strength Systems, 8 Grady’s Performance Facility and the Duke City Cages.
He graduated from New Mexico with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2018 along with a minor in business administration. Baker was also a football student-athlete with the Lobos, earning the team record for squat, deadlift and bench.
While playing at New Mexico, he was a part of a Mountain West Conference co-championship, won the Hardhat award in 2014 and was a three-time student-athlete academic honoree. Baker is certified in CPR and AED training.
