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Fred Baxter

Fred Baxter is in his second year as Widener's men’s golf coach.
 
Baxter presently serves on Trenton’s board of The First Tee, an international youth development organization introducing golf and its inherent values to young people.  His help in the organization helps through after-school and in-school programs which help shape the lives of young people from all walks of life by reinforcing values like integrity, respect and perseverance through golf.
 
Baxter joined Widener in 2013 as its tight ends coach for the football team.  His intuition and experience helped the Pride close the year second in the country with a .733 completion percentage, 17th with a .468 third-down-conversion percentage and 19th with 291.1 passing yards per game.  Widener (6-4, 6-3 MAC) in 2013 posted its third straight winning campaign, its fourth consecutive non-losing season and fell short of sharing the conference title by one game.  It also marked the third straight year the Pride went into the regular season’s final game looking for the MAC title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
 
A 12-year veteran of the National Football League, Baxter spent 2010 with the Cleveland Browns as part of the league’s Coaching Internship Program after working with the New England Patriots in the same capacity in 2006.  He was the offensive coordinator and special teams coach for Camden High School in 2009, the tight ends and special team coach for Camden Catholic High School in 2007 and as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Burlington County College in 2006.
 
Baxter competed in the NFL with the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears, the New England Patriots and the Washington Redskins, earning a ring with the Patriots after the team won Super Bowl XXXVIII.  Baxter graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Education.