Iain Baird

Iain Baird (born January 1, 1963) is a Canadian former soccer defender who earned nine caps with the Canadian national soccer team between 1984 and 1986.

Iain Baird

Personal information
Full name	Iain Baird
Date of birth	January 15, 1963
Place of birth	Nanaimo, British Columbia
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985	Victoria Riptides
1987–1988	Ottawa Pioneers/Intrepid
1989–1990	Victoria Vistas
National team^‡
1984–1986	Canada	9	(0)
1987	Canadian Olympic (amateur)	2	(0)
Teams managed
1998–2001	Malaspina University College
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 7, 2008

Baird played for the Victoria Riptides during the 1985 Western Soccer Alliance Challenge Cup. He played for the Ottawa Pioneers in the Canadian Soccer League in 1987 and again for the renamed Ottawa Intrepid in 1988.

From 1995 to December 2001, Baird was the head coach of the men's soccer team at Malaspina University College in Nanaimo. In 1998, he led the team to a second place at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championships. That year the CCAA awarded Coach Baird its Coaching Excellence Award.[1] During his years as a coach, he also taught physical education and Japanese at John Barsby Secondary School. He teaches physical education and coaches the junior and senior soccer teams at Dover Bay Secondary School in Nanaimo.

References

1. Malaspina Mariners Men's Soccer Team wins silver at national final