Brian Baker (born 8 June 1970) is a retired American long-distance runner and current coach at Gardner-Webb University.
He won the NCAA Outdoor 5000-meter run in 1994 and ran a leg on the winning indoor distance medley relay team the same year.
Baker's team won twelve total conference championships during his career and he was a seven time All-American.
At the 1996 World Cross Country Championships, Baker finished 41st in the long race and 13th in the team competition.
[5] At the 1997 World Cross Country Championships, he finished 98th in the long race and 11th in the team competition.