Scott Walker

Scott Walker is in his fourth season as part of the Rutgers Academic Support department, having been named Director of Football Academic Support this year.  Since his arrival, Walker has overseen the entire academic program for the Rutgers football team.

In the most recent NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR), the Rutgers football squad ranked third nationally with a mark of 977. In addition, Rutgers achieved the top APR of any Division I-A state university in the nation and also led the BIG EAST in an APR rate for a football program.

Prior to his tenure at Rutgers, Walker spent three seasons as an assistant football coach at Cornell. Walker was named the running backs coach at Cornell in the spring of 2001.

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.

Previous to his time at Maine, Walker also spent time coaching at Purdue, Iowa and Texas.

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. In addition to attending college in New Jersey, Walker spent 15 years recruiting the New Jersey metropolitan area for various universities during his coaching career.

Walker and his wife, Michelle, have a son, Kyle.

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