3 Guys Before The Game - WVU Athletic Director Wren Baker (Episode 641)

3 Guys Before The Game

MetroNews

Football, Sports, Basketball

2.4 • 687 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Wren Baker is the 13th Athletic Director in West Virginia University history. It’s fair to say none of his predecessors have navigated the changes and challenges that he’s encountered.

Forget about the “normal” requirements of the job, Baker is also leading WVU in the transition from college amateurism to a pay-for-play model. It’s uncharted territory for everyone involved and, for Baker, just another challenge that’s being handled with both confidence and optimism.

In this episode, the “Guys” dig deep into the new world of college athletics and learn Baker’s plan for how WVU athletics will compete in a very new world.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Showtime in the Big City.
0:09.7	We welcome you in to three guys before the game.
0:12.0	Our summer series continues.
0:14.4	And oh, yeah.
0:17.0	Let me say it.
0:18.3	Go ahead.
0:18.8	We got a good one for you today.
0:19.9	We do have a good one for you.
0:22.0	The vice president and athletic director of West Virginia University,
0:26.8	Wren Baker, is with us.
0:29.8	This would be third appearance or fourth appearance?
0:33.6	I believe third.
0:34.9	Huh?
0:35.4	I believe third.
0:36.1	Each one's a little better than the one before, I think.
0:38.3	We'll see if this one continued.
0:39.8	You've changed.
0:40.7	I went and looked at the thumbnails of past episodes.
0:43.8	Yeah.
0:44.3	You know?
0:45.4	At Big 12 meetings, the SWA's, the senior women administrators told me I was in the midst
0:50.1	of a glow-up.
	...

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