No stranger to the Chicago area or to Horizon League basketball, Patrick Baldwin heads into his third year on the Loyola coaching staff after spending two seasons at Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Leavenworth, Kan., native works primarily with the guards.

Last year, Baldwin helped Loyola to a 19-11 record, its best since the 1984-85 season, as the team also got off to its best start since 1965-66, and picked up victories over Bradley, Butler and Purdue, among others. Under his watchful eye, Blake Schilb blossomed into the Ramblers' first All-America selection since Alfredrick Hughes in 1984-85. Schilb also brought home First Team All-Horizon League and Third Team Mid-Major All-America honors, while Majak Kou was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team and Leon Young was chosen to the All-Newcomer Team.

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.