Michael Baez enters his first season as assistant men's basketball coach for St. Thomas. Baez will be involved with all aspects of the program from on court coaching and teaching, game planning and scouting, off court student development, recruiting and the day to day administration of the program.
Attended Charlotte united Christian academy 2.000 point scorer, played EYBLÂ for team united, top 25 in the state of north Carolina graduation class of 2015. NACAÂ all star, triad all star, elite mixtapes all star.
At Lynn Fighting Knights basketball player, where during his junior season, he averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game. As a senior, he increased those averages to 18.9 points and six rebounds per contest while reaching the 1,000 points scored plateau for his collegiate career and leading the team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
At Lynn, Baez was chosen as a member of the All-South Region Second Team, the All-SSC First Team, and the NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team. Twice Baez was named the SSC Player of the Week and he holds the single-season record for free throws made with 161.
In 2018-19, Baez was named college basketball's Exhibition Player of the Week after scoring 21 points and pulling down 15 rebounds in Lynn's 92-87 win over FAU.
Prior to beginning his career as a Fighting Knight, Baez played for Wingate University. During his time with the Bulldogs, he averaged 14 and 7 for his career he was selected as a member of the South Atlantic Conference First Team 2x and the All-NCAA Tournament Team.
He was a three-time SAC Player of the Week, named to the All-Freshman Team and finished as the runner-up in the Freshman of the Year voting. He twice helped the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
After his playing days at Lynn, Baez played professionally in the Dominican Republic, where he was a third overall draft pick of Club Bameso. He played in both the TBS and LNB leagues and averaged 14.7 ppg and 6.4 rpg during his time as a professional. He also played in Spain, Egypt and Canada.
Baez was a volunteer assistant the past 3 years at his alma mater Lynn University. While at Lynn, Baez was responsible for player development and recruiting. Baez was instrumental in the recruitment and development of 1st Team All-Conference selection, Nordin Kapic. Graduated from Lynn with a Bachelor's in sports management 2019 and followed that up with a Master's degree in Leadership and Management 2021 earning cum lade with both degrees.
