David Baisden
David Baisden
Nickname: Sweet Boy
Title: Associate Head Coach
Phone: 865-471-4814
Email: dbaisden@cn.edu
Hometown: Middlesbrough, England
Previous College: Tennessee Wesleyan '17
Year: Third Year
 

Baisden joined the Carson-Newman coaching staff as a graduate assistant prior to the 2018 season.

He made his way to Mossy Creek 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.

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.

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.