UT Arlington names Jim Baker new Athletics Director

Baker, who moves from UT Austin, will oversee UT Arlington’s 14 Division I intercollegiate sports programs and usher in a new era of competition as the University moves next summer to the Western Athletic Conference.The University of Texas at Arlington has announced the appointment of Jim Baker, currently the UT Austin associate athletic director for events and operations, as the University’s new director of intercollegiate athletics. Baker, who joined the Texas Longhorn athletics program in 1991, will oversee UT Arlington’s 14 Division I intercollegiate sports programs and usher in a