Baisden elevated to Assistant Coach
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – David Baisden will head into the 2020 season on the Carson-Newman men’s soccer staff with a new title, moving up to Assistant Coach, as announced on Tuesday by head coach Stephen Lyons.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – David Baisden will head into the 2020 season on the Carson-Newman men's soccer staff with a new title, moving up to Assistant Coach, as announced on Tuesday by head coach Stephen Lyons.
Baisden enters his third season with the unit, serving as a graduate assistant coach the past two years.
"I am very excited that David accepted the coaching position to be with us this season," Lyons said. "He is one of the best young coaches around, and I know the lads have a tremendous amount of respect for him too. He is certainly a big reason for our success last year. His understanding of the game, coaching style and player interaction are top drawer. I look forward to seeing what both he and the group can achieve this year."
Baisden has played a part in coaching the Eagles to a 19-9-6 record in his time in Jefferson City, including a 2019 regular season South Atlantic Conference title.
"It's an honor to be given the opportunity to continue working with coach Lyons and the men's soccer team," Baisden said. "The past two seasons, we have made a lot of progress, and I am looking forward to helping push the program towards more success."
His first year with C-N saw a seventh-seed Eagles squad make their first run to the SAC Tournament semifinals since 2015. He assisted in coaching a trio of All-Conference picks that season, as well.
In his second season, he worked heavily with a defender group that allowed just 1.11 goals per game with five clean sheets on the season. That crew was highlighted by Kensho Yoshikoshi who corralled a team-high seven postseason accolades, a feat that had only been attained twice previously in program history, including SAC Defensive Player and Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First-Team All-SAC, a pair of All-Southeast Region nods.
Baisden came to C-N in 2018 from Tennessee Wesleyan University where he served as a volunteer assistant coach before becoming a full-time assistant during the 2017-18 campaign. He was a four-year starter as a defender for the TWU side before graduating with a degree in Business Administration, General Management.
The Middlesbrough, England native was a highly touted student-athlete at Tennessee Wesleyan. He was named to the NAIA Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Tournament team during the 2014-15 season before being recognized as a back-to-back first team All-Conference player. He closed out his collegiate career as a captain for the Bulldogs during his senior season as well as winning the Stan Harrison Award for the contributions he made to the team and school.
Outside of his collegiate coaching experience, Baisden has also spent time coaching the McMinn United FC U16 and U18 teams in Athens, Tenn.
