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Darrell Walker
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Walker in 2013
Little Rock Trojans
Head coach
Personal information
Born (1961-03-09) March 9, 1961 (age 63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
High school Corliss (Chicago, Illinois)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College
  • Arkansas–Fort Smith (1979–1980)
  • Arkansas (1980–1983)
NBA Draft 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Pro career 1983–1993
League Ohio Valley Conference
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:
  • NBA champion (1993)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (1984)
  • Consensus second-team All-American (1983)
  • SWC co-Player of the Year (1983)
  • First-team All-SWC (1983)

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 Ohio Valley Conference statistics
Points 6,389 (8.9 ppg)
Assists 3,276 (4.6 apg)
Steals 1,090 (1.5 spg)

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.

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 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. 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.

Walker was named the head coach at Clark Atlanta University in 2016. 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.

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GP Games 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

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1983–84 New York 82* 0 16.1 .417 .267 .791 2.0 3.5 1.5 .2 7.9
1984–85 New York 82* 66 30.4 .435 .000 .700 3.4 5.0 2.0 .3 13.5
1985–86 New York 81 35 25.0 .430 .000 .686 2.7 4.2 1.8 .4 10.3
1986–87 Denver 81 25 24.9 .482 .000 .745 4.0 3.5 1.5 .5 12.2
1987–88 Washington 52 0 18.1 .392 .000 .781 2.4 1.9 1.2 .2 6.0
1988–89 Washington 79 78 32.5 .420 .000 .772 6.4 6.3 2.0 .3 9.0
1989–90 Washington 81 81 35.6 .454 .095 .687 8.8 8.0 1.7 .4 9.5
1990–91 Washington 71 65 32.5 .430 .000 .604 7.0 6.5 1.1 .5 7.8
1991–92 Detroit 74 4 20.8 .423 .000 .619 3.2 2.8 .9 .2 5.2
1992–93 Detroit 9 2 16.0 .158 .000 .333 2.1 1.0 1.1 .0 .9
1992–93† Chicago 28 0 13.1 .403 – .500 1.4 1.6 .8 .1 2.6
Career 720 356 25.8 .435 .059 .713 4.4 4.6 1.5 .3 8.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984 New York 12 16.3 .370 – .609 2.9 1.7 2.0 .2 6.8
1987 Denver 3 3 22.7 .324 – .571 3.3 1.7 .7 .0 8.7
1988 Washington 5 0 31.0 .407 .000 .688 4.8 2.8 1.4 .8 11.0
1992 Detroit 5 0 13.6 .333 – 1.000 2.4 .8 .2 .0 2.0
1993† Chicago 9 0 2.4 .250 – .667 .1 .6 .0 .0 .4
Career 34 3 14.9 .368 .000 .645 2.4 1.4 1.0 .2 5.2

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Toronto 1996–97 82 30 52 .366 8th in Central – – – – Missed Playoffs
Toronto 1997–98 49 11 38 .224 (fired) – – – – –
Washington 1999–2000 38 15 23 .395 7th in Atlantic – – – – Missed Playoffs
Career 169 56 113 .331 – – – –

WNBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Washington 2000 12 5 7 .417 4th in East 2 0 2 .000 Lost in Conference semifinals
Career 12 5 7 .417 2 0 2 .000

College

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Clark Atlanta Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Clark Atlanta 21–12 12–5 2nd (East) NCAA Division II First Round
2017–18 Clark Atlanta 24–6 16–3 2nd (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 10–21 5–13 T–11th
2019–20 Little Rock 21–10 15–5 1st No postseason held
2020–21 Little Rock 11–15 7–11 5th (West)
2021–22 Little Rock 9–19 3–11 12th
Little Rock Trojans (Ohio Valley Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 Little Rock 10–21 6–12 T–8th
2023–24 Little Rock 21–13 14–4 T–1st CBI First Round
Little Rock: 82–99 (.453) 50–56 (.472)
Total: 127–117 (.520)

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

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