A 35-year veteran of the Elon staff, Martin Baker serves as Elon’s Senior Associate Athletic Trainer. In this role, he works as the athletic trainer for volleyball and track and field teams while also serving as the coordinator for athletic insurance.
Baker is also an Assistant Professor of Exercise Sports Science. From 1980-2007, Baker was the Head Athletic Trainer for Elon. He was the Director of the Athletic Trainer Education Program from 1998-2007, establishing the program, writing the self-study and achieving accreditation, as well as reaccreditation in 2005.
Baker's service to the profession of athletic training includes stints as and as the secretary/treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association (MAATA), as well as District Director of MAATA, serving on the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Board of Directors.
In 2000, Baker was named the North Carolina Athletic Trainers Association College and University Athletic Trainer of the Year. He was inducted to the North Carolina Athletic Trainers' Association (NCATA) Hall of Fame in 2010 and was the recipient of the NATA Service Award in 2014.
Baker received a Master of Science in Physical Education with a specialization in Athletic Training from Indiana State University in August 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from State University of New York, College at Brockport in 1979. He and his wife, Jill, have three grown children.
