Joe Walker, Jr. - Track & Field Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Joe Walker, Jr.

Title:
Assistant Coach/Jumps
Email:
joew@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-2279

BIRTHDAY: April 11
COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Jumps
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree (Mississippi College, '69); Master's Degree (Mississippi College, '72)
YEAR AT LOUISVILLE: Sixth
HOMETOWN: Utica, Miss.
FAMILY: Wife - Faye, Sons - Joseph III, Brian, Luke

ATHLETIC CAREER
Competed on the freshman basketball team at Ole Miss
Lettered in cross country, track and field and basketball at Mississippi College

COACHING CAREER
2012-13-Present: Louisville (assistant coach / jumps)
1988-2012: Ole Miss (head coach)
1985-88: Florida (head coach)
1979-85: Ole Miss (head coach)
1970-79: Mississippi College (head coach)
1969-70: Meridian High School (assistant coach)

LOUISVILLE
• Led Damar Robinson to All-American performances in the high jump and the triple jump at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships
• Led Jerin Allen to an All-American performance in the high jump at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Led Ben Williams to a third straight All-American performance in the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships; Also guided Damar Robinson to All-American honors in the high jump
• Also guided Williams Outdoor All-American honors at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Coached Williams to an ACC Indoor and Outdoor title in the triple jump
• Coached Robinson to an ACC Indoor and Outdoor title in the high jump
• Coached 10 athletes to All-ACC honors in 2015
• Led Ben Williams to a second straight All-American performance in the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships with a third place finish in the triple jump
• Also guided Williams Outdoor All-American honors with a fourth place finish in the triple jump at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Coached Williams to an ACC title in the triple jump
• Coached six athletes to All-ACC honors in 2015
• Led second-team outdoor All-American Brittany Owens to a 10th place finish in the long jump in 2014, making her the second outdoor All- American in the event in school history and earning her the highest finish by a Louisville female student-athlete in the event
• Coached Ben Williams to indoor All-America honors in the triple jump with a fourth-place finish in 2013-14, making Williams just the second indoor All-American in the event in
school history
• Led jumper Guillaume Victorin to a ninthplace finish at the 2013-14 indoor NCAA Championships in the men’s long jump, earning him second-team All-America honors.
• Coached Michelle Kinsella to second-team indoor All-America honors in the high jump with a 10th-place finish in 2012-13; Kinsella had previously broken a BIG EAST and Louisville record at the BIG EAST Champio

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS

OLE MISS

• Tabbed the 2002 U.S. Olympic Committee National Track and Field Coach of the Year; was recognized for work with Ole Miss track and field teams and Savante' Stringfellow, the top-ranked long jumper in the world that year

• His athletes won 15 NCAA titles during his two stints, along with earning 123 All-America honors and 45 SEC championships

• Earned SEC Coach of the Year six times

• Served as the personal coach for four-time World Champion and Olympic gold medalist long jumper Brittney Reese through 2013; led her to two NCAAl titles during her collegiate career

• Coached Stringfellow to three NCAA titles in the jumps events; his coaching led him to a spot on the 2000 Olympic team, a World Championships silver medalist and a World Championships Indoor Gold Medal

• Had at least one athlete participate in each of the Olympic Games from 1976-2000 and then again in 2008 and 2012

• Led teams to a pair of top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and five top-15 showings

• Had a strong influence on and tremendous success with sprinters, leading Isiah Young to Team USA at the 2012 summer Olympics; while Tony Dees went on to win an Olympic silver medal in the 110m hurdles in 1992

• Selected to multiple coaching capacities at the international level: head coach of the 1985 USA Pan Pacific Games team and manager of the 1981 U.S. Team at the World University Games

FLORIDA

• Directed the Gators to five-straight Southeastern Conference titles, including the first outdoor crown at Florida since 1956

• Individually, led his student-athletes to 31 All-America honors and 17 SEC titles

• Led Florida to its highest NCAA finish at the time with a third-place showing at the 1988 NCAA Indoor Championships; the 1987 cross country team placed eighth at the national championships

• Coached Dennis Mitchell to the 200m title and the collegiate record in the event at the 1988 NCAA Indoor Championships; led Mitchell and the 1,600m relay team to the national title that season

• Received the 1988 Florida Track Club Cade Award for his overall contributions to the sport of track

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

• Guided the Choctaws to three Gulf South Conference titles in just four years; track and field team became the first Mississippi College athletic team to win a GSC title

• Coached the 1978 team to a fourth-place showing at the Division II National Championships

• Led future Olympian Larry Myricks to NCAA Division I, Division II and AAU titles; steered Joe Boyles to the NCAA Division II steeplechase title

NCAA Divison I CHAMPIONS
Ole Miss
Outdoor
Long Jump: Brittney Reese (2008)
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: Barnabas Kirui (2007)
Long Jump: Savante' Stringfellow (2000, 2001)
800 Meters: George Kersh (1991)
Long Jump: Ralph Spry (1983)
Indoor
60-Meter Hurdles: Antwon Hicks (2004, 2005)
Long Jump: Savante' Stringfellow (2001)
Long Jump: Brittney Reese (2008)
55 Meters: Greg Saddler (1994)
800 Meters: George Kersh (1991)
Florida
Indoor
200m: Dennis Mitchell (1988)
4x400-Meter Relay (1988)
Mississippi College
Outdoor
Long Jump: Larry Myricks (1979)
Long Jump: Larry Myricks (1976)
Indoor
Long Jump: Larry Myricks (1979)