Central's Dave Baker is the Dean of Blair County Football Coaches

Dave Baker is the head football coach at Central High School and is, by virtue of his longevity, the dean of Blair County coaches. He has been a head coach in Morrisons Cove for 41 years. The graduate of Central High (1963) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1967) originally took over the reins at Williamsburg High School in 1970, where was already a member of the faculty.

“The position opened up and I applied,” he recalled. “I have no idea how many other people wanted the job.”

More about that later.

Baker, the son of legendary Roaring Spring High School basketball coach Max Baker, has e...