Darrell Walker

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Darrell Walker
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Walker in 2013
Little Rock Trojans
PositionHead coach
League Ohio Valley Conference
Personal information
Born (1961-03-09) March 9, 1961 (age 63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Corliss (Chicago, Illinois)
College
NBA draft 1983: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1983–1993
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number4, 5, 20
Career history
As player:
1983–1986 New York Knicks
1986–1987 Denver Nuggets
1988–1991 Washington Bullets
1991–1992 Detroit Pistons
1993 Chicago Bulls
As coach:
1995–1996 Toronto Raptors (assistant)
1996–1998 Toronto Raptors
1999–2000 Rockford Lightning
2000 Washington Wizards
2000 Washington Mystics (interim)
2004–2008 New Orleans Hornets (assistant)
2008–2011 Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2012–2014 New York Knicks (assistant)
2016–2018 Clark Atlanta
2018–present Little Rock
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • SIAC tournament champion (2017)
  • Sun Belt regular season champion (2020)
  • OVC regular season champion (2024)
  • Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2020)
  • OVC Coach of the Year (2024)
Career statistics
Points 6,389 (8.9 ppg)
Assists 3,276 (4.6 apg)
Steals 1,090 (1.5 spg)
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Darrell Walker (born March 9, 1961) is an American college basketball coach and retired professional player. He is currently head men's coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Walker played in National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons, winning an NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1993. He played college basketball for Westark Community College and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

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Playing career

After graduating from Chicago's Corliss High School, Walker played college basketball at Westark Community College (now the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith) and the University of Arkansas. He was selected by the New York Knicks with the 12th pick in the first round of the 1983 NBA draft. Over a ten-year career, he played for five teams—the Knicks, the Denver Nuggets, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the Chicago Bulls. Walker is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Walker was selected to the 1984 NBA All-Rookie team, and was among the league leaders during his career in assists and steals. His best season was in 1989–90 with the Washington Bullets when he averaged 9.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game. He won an NBA title with the Chicago Bulls in his final season.

Coaching career

Walker has served as head coach for two different teams—the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards. He was the Raptors' second coach, following Brendan Malone, and led the team for a season and a half. In 2000, he replaced the fired [1] Gar Heard in Washington for half a season (the first coaching "call-up" in history, having previously been the coach of the Rockford Lightning of the CBA), but was then replaced by Leonard Hamilton the next year. Later that same year, he was named the interim head coach of the Washington Mystics of the WNBA, replacing Nancy Darsch who resigned during the season. [2] He remained in Washington as director of player personnel and later head scout before joining the Hornets as assistant coach.

In March 2012, Walker became an assistant coach with the New York Knicks, where he was on staff until 2014. [3]

Walker was named the head coach at Clark Atlanta University in 2016. [4] In two seasons with the Panthers, Walker guided the team to a 45–18 overall record a SIAC conference tournament championship, and two appearances in the NCAA Division II tournament.

On March 27, 2018, Walker was named the head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. [5]

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 † Won an NBA championship  * Led the league

NBA

Source [6]

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1983–84 New York 82*016.1.417.267.7912.03.51.5.27.9
1984–85 New York 82*6630.4.435.000.7003.45.02.0.313.5
1985–86 New York 813525.0.430.000.6862.74.21.8.410.3
1986–87 Denver 812524.9.482.000.7454.03.51.5.512.2
1987–88 Washington 52018.1.392.000.7812.41.91.2.26.0
1988–89 Washington 797832.5.420.000.7726.46.32.0.39.0
1989–90 Washington 818135.6.454.095.6878.88.01.7.49.5
1990–91 Washington 716532.5.430.000.6047.06.51.1.57.8
1991–92 Detroit 74420.8.423.000.6193.22.8.9.25.2
1992–93 Detroit 9216.0.158.000.3332.11.01.1.0.9
1992–93† Chicago 28013.1.403–.5001.41.6.8.12.6
Career72035625.8.435.059.7134.44.61.5.38.9

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1984 New York 1216.3.370–.6092.91.72.0.26.8
1987 Denver 3322.7.324–.5713.31.7.7.08.7
1988 Washington 5031.0.407.000.6884.82.81.4.811.0
1992 Detroit 5013.6.333–1.0002.4.8.2.02.0
1993† Chicago 902.4.250–.667.1.6.0.0.4
Career34314.9.368.000.6452.41.41.0.25.2

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Toronto 1996–97 823052.3668th in Central––––Missed Playoffs
Toronto 1997–98 491138.224(fired)–––––
Washington 1999–2000 381523.3957th in Atlantic––––Missed Playoffs
Career16956113.331––––

WNBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Washington 2000 1257.4174th in East202.000Lost in Conference semifinals
Career1257.417202.000

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Clark Atlanta Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2016–2018)
2016–17Clark Atlanta 21–1212–52nd (East) NCAA Division II First Round
2017–18Clark Atlanta 24–616–32nd (East) NCAA Division II First Round
Clark Atlanta:45–18 (.714)28–8 (.778)
Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt Conference)(2018–2022)
2018–19 Little Rock 10–215–13T–11th
2019–20 Little Rock 21–1015–51stNo postseason held
2020–21 Little Rock 11–157–115th (West)
2021–22 Little Rock 9–193–1112th
Little Rock Trojans (Ohio Valley Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Little Rock 10–216–12T–8th
2023–24 Little Rock 21–1314–4T–1st CBI First Round
2024–25 Little Rock 18–1312–8T–3rd
Little Rock:87–107 (.448)52–60 (.464)
Total:145–130 (.527)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "Washington fires head coach Gar Heard". CNN. January 31, 2000. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ White, Joseph (July 15, 2000). "Darsch quits as Mystics coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jim Todd, Darrell Walker join Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson's staff as assistants". The Washington Post. Associated Press. March 17, 2012. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Clark Atlanta University Athletics". Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Darrell Walker Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". lrtrojans.com. March 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Darrell Walker". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
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