Baker is the new defensive ends coach at Western Kentucky

Former Woodland High School football standout, Kenny Baker, is the new defensive ends coach at Western Kentucky. The news was released by Elliott Pratt, the WKU beat writer for the Bowling Green Daily News.

Baker was the defensive line coach at UT-Chattanooga last season. He replaces Jimmy Lindsey, who served as the Hilltoppers defensive ends coach the last three seasons before leaving for the same position at Illinois. Baker, a Cartersville, Ga., native, coached five seasons at Mercer before his one season with the Chattanooga Mocs. He worked one season at Berry College as co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach in 2013 and coached at Lakeside High School in Augusta, Ga., three seasons prior to that. He lettered three seasons on the defensive line at Gardner-Webb from 2005-08 during his college career.