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No stranger to the Chicago area or to Horizon League
basketball, Patrick Baldwin heads into his second
year on the Loyola coaching staff after spending two
seasons at Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Leavenworth,
Kan., native works primarily with the guards.
In his first season at Loyola, Baldwin helped the
Ramblers improve by four games in the win column
from the previous campaign. Picked to finish eighth
in the Horizon League Preseason Poll, Loyola wound
up tied for fourth and was the No. 4 seed in the
conference tournament. The Ramblers closed out the
season strong, winning nine of their last 13
outings, including six straight before falling to
UW-Milwaukee in the semifinal round of the Horizon
League Championship.
Working with the guards, Baldwin helped DaJuan
Gouard to his most productive season as a Rambler as
the senior put up 16.0 ppg, well above his previous
career best of 8.9 ppg in 2003-04. Majak Kou also
set a personal best by averaging 10.6 ppg under
Baldwin's watchful eye. An injury to Gouard early in
December forced Blake Schilb to assume the duties at
point guard and the 6-foot-7 guard blossomed,
averaging 17.9 ppg and 4.0 apg en route to First
Team All-Horizon League accolades.
While at Green Bay, Baldwin was part of the
revitalization of the Phoenix program. In 2003-04,
he helped the Phoenix to a 17-11 record and a
third-place finish in the Horizon League, the team's
best overall showing since 1999 and most league
victories in eight years. Green Bay's eight-game,
single-season improvement ranked among the top ten
in the nation. After being picked to finish seventh
in the Horizon League Preseason Poll, the Phoenix
earned its best league finish in five seasons. In
addition to his work with the guards, Baldwin also
served as recruiting coordinator.
"Pat coordinates our recruiting efforts and has done
a great job with that," Whitesell said. "He brings
great experience, both as a coach and as a player to
our program and works closely with our perimeter
players. He is very organized, has a tremendous work
ethic and has great people skills."
Prior to his stint at UW-Green Bay, Baldwin was the
top assistant at Lincoln University in Jefferson
City, Mo.
Baldwin was a four-year starter at Northwestern
University (1990-94), leading the Wildcats in steals
all four campaigns. With 3.2 spg in 1990-91, he led
the Big Ten and was the nation's top freshman in
that category. He holds team records for assists and
steals in a season and graduated as the Wildcats'
career leader in both categories. Baldwin ranks 11th
on the NU career scoring chart with 1,189 points.
After graduation, he spent three years as a business
analyst for Dean Foods in Rosemont, Ill., then
resumed his playing career. Baldwin played
professionally in Bosnia and Croatia and during the
2000-01 season, he was an all-star in the Croatian
Federation League, averaging 17.5 ppg.
Baldwin and his wife Shawn, are the proud parents of
two children - Patrick Jr. and Tatum. |
