Named the womenslacrosse.com Division II National Coach of the Year in 2010, Corinne Baker enters her fifth year at Merrimack College as the head women’s lacrosse coach.

Baker has guided Merrimack to three straight Northeast-10 Semifinal appearances and has seen her team ranked nationally in each of the last two seasons.

Baker was promoted to full-time in August of 2011 and also serves as the Director of Student-Athlete Welfare for the Athletic Department.

Led by All-American Liz Lyons, Baker’s squad recorded 12-7 record in 2011, defeating New Haven in the quarterfinals for the second straight season. The 2011 Warriors has as challenging a schedule as any team nationally, taking on six nationally-ranked teams, including #1 Adelphi twice, #2 Le Moyne and #3 Limestone.

In 2010, Baker’s squad set a school record with a 10-game winning streak and a #9 national ranking, finishing the season with a 12-3 record, third in the Northeast-10. Three of Baker’s student-athletes, Mia Basile, Colleen Strachan and Jen Pino, earned All-American honors, with Strachan being named the Unsung Hero of Division II by womenslacrosse.com.

The 2010 Warriors were just as dominant in the classroom, recording the highest grade-point-average among all Northeast-10 women’s lacrosse programs, earning the first-ever NE-10 Academic Excellence Award. Senior captain Kelly Pasquantonio was named the Merrimack Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

Baker also serves as the Division II representative on the IWLCA By-Laws Committee and is a Dimension II grad, having completed the second level with the NCAA Academy in the summer of 2010.

In 2009, Merrimack recorded an 8-8 record, 7-3 in conference and reached the Northeast-10 Semifinals before falling to top-ranked New Haven 16-15. The Warriors ranked third in total offense, led by Liz Lyons, who was second in the country in draw controls.

In 2008, Merrimack led the conference in goals per game, ground balls and caused turnovers, and finished second assists, fewest turnovers and draw controls.

A 2006 graduate of Bridgewater State College, she owns the school record for draw controls in a game, season and career. She was a two-time captain and 2006 Prague Cup selection. While at BSC, Baker also was the head coach of the Bridgewater Youth Lacrosse Team from 2004-2006.

She was an Assistant Coach for Division III Lacrosse and Field Hockey at University of New England at Biddeford, Maine in August of 2006, where her duties included scouting, recruiting, and organizing the program in-season and out-of-season. Following her season there, Baker spent one season as the Assistant Coach for Northeast-10 rival Bryant University.

Baker has coached at numerous camps and clinics in every off-season, from private camps like Top Gun and Player’s Choice, to university run clinics at Johns Hopkins, Duke University and Brown University. She is a NCAA Women Coaches Academy Graduate as well, having attended the 2007 Academy in Indianapolis.

Baker resides in Newburyport, Massachusetts.