Michael Baur (born 16 April 1969) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

At 34 years of age, he signed for SV Pasching and after another four seasons there he decided to make another move and switched to LASK Linz.

Baur made his debut for the Austria national team in a May 1990 friendly match against the Netherlands as a substitute for Kurt Russ and was a non-playing squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

[2] Baur was announced as the new head coach of SV Grödig on 7 May 2014,[3] four days before the final match of the end of the 2013–14 season.

[3] He had been the head coach of the reserve team of Red Bull Salzburg from the summer of 2012[5] to end of November 2013.