Iain Baird

Iain Baird Personal information Full name Iain Baird Date of birth March 4, 1971(1971-03-04) (age 37) Place of birth CanadaPlaying position DefenderSenior clubs1 Years Club App (Gls)* 1985
1987-1988 Victorian Riptides
Ottawa Pioneers/Intrepid National team2 1984-1986
1987 Canada
Canadian Olympic(amateur) 9 (0)
2 (0) Teams managed 1998-2001 Malaspina University College

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Iain Baird (b. March 4, 1971) is a former Canadian soccer defender who earned nine caps with the Canadian national soccer team between 1984 and 1986.

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 until 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.