Education
Baum attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team as a halfback. He graduated from Illinois in 1895 with a degree in civil engineering.
Baum attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team as a halfback. He graduated from Illinois in 1895 with a degree in civil engineering.
He served as the head coach at Tulane University in 1896. After college, he undertook pneumatic foundation work in Saint Louis, Missouri. He served as the first paid Tulane football coach in 1896.
He coached the Olive and Blue to a 3–2 record.
In the game against Louisiana State, with Tulane leading, 2–0, Baum attempted to substitute a player not enrolled at the university. Louisiana State University"s coach protested the substitution, and Tulane forfeited the game, which was recorded as a 6–0 decision in favor of Louisiana State University. After the season in its December meeting, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association sanctioned the school by disallowing it to field an intercollegiate team the following year.
Without a football team for the 1897 season, Baum left New Orleans. He returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach under George Huff.
In 1920, Baum entered the engineering contracting business.
He worked on the construction of the state capitol buildings in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, and Boise, Idaho, and the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Baum died on March 3, 1950.
His salary was funded through gate receipts and monthly dues from members of the Tulane Athletic Association.