Scott Walker was named the running backs coach at Cornell in the spring of 2001. In his first two seasons on the East Hill, the Big Red's running game has turned in some of the best ground performances in recent years.
Prior to joining the Big Red staff, Walker spent five seasons at Georgia Tech, including three as the director of academics for the football team. In 1997, he was the assistant director of football operations. Before joining the staff at Tech, Walker was a coach at the University of Maine for six years, including the final two as the running game coordinator. After spending his first season as the linebackers coach, Walker coached the running backs from 1991 until 1996. He also served as the team's recruiting coordinator for four years and the administrative assistant for six years.
Previous to his time at Maine, Walker spent three years in the Big 10. He started at Purdue in 1987 as the recruiting coordinator and tight ends/tackles coach. He moved to Iowa in 1989 as a graduate assistant and the running backs coach. Before his time at Purdue, Walker was an assistant coach at the University of Texas, where he worked with the tight ends for one year and the defensive ends for two seasons. He also spent a year as the assistant recruiting coordinator.
Walker graduated from Princeton in 1984 with a bachelor of arts degree in geology. During his time at Princeton, he worked as the freshman defensive ends coach from 1982-84.
Walker and his wife, Michelle, have a son, Kyle.
