Inducted 1994
Sport(s): Baseball (1970-71) Assistant Baseball Coach (1977-79) Head Baseball Coach (1980-84)
Position(s): Pitcher
Coach(es): Earl Smith

Hal Baird was a standout in baseball for 15 years as a player, assistant coach and head coach. A 1971 ECU graduate, Baird helped ECU to a Southern Conference title and a NCAA tournament appearance in 1970. That season, Baird set a Southern Conference strikeout record in the league championship game against George Washington, with 20 strikeouts. His 105 strikeouts in 1971 ranks tied for fourth on the ECU single-season record book.

Following his college career, Baird played for the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals organizations where he earned All-Gulf Coast League, All-Florida Instructional League and All-Southern League honors. He went on to serve as an assitant coach at ECU from 1977-79 before being named as head coach in 1979. For the next five years, Baird went on to win 145 games (145-66-1 ECU coaching record), led ECU to an NCAA At-Large berth in 1980, and ECAC-South Champions and NCAA appearances in 1982 and 1984.

In 1985 Baird was named head coach at Auburn Unviersity, where he led the Tigers to a College World Series berth in 1993 and again in 1997.