[1] Baccarini played football for Oklahoma A&M University and Bacone College as a linebacker.

He became head football coach at Holdenville High School in 1957.

[6] For his efforts, Baccarini was awarded the 1965 Junior College Coach of the Year award by the Texas Sports Writers Association and the Dallas Morning News.

He later led his team to four straight Texas Junior College Football Association Conference Titles.

[2][3] He was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1996 and was named to the Trinity Valley Community College Hall of Fame in 2008.