Scott Walker enters his sixth season at Rutgers as the Director of Football Academic Support. In his role, Walker oversees 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 980. In the last three years under Walker’s guidance, the Rutgers football program has ranked in the top seven nationally (ranked third last year) and has achieved the top APR of any Football Bowl Subdivision state university in the nation and also led the BIG EAST in an APR rate for a football program.

Under Walker and his staff, Rutgers has had two National Football Foundation Scholar Athletes in Brian Leonard and Brandon Renkart. Leonard received the prestigious Draddy Trophy, recognized as the “Academic Heisman,” in 2006.

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.

Jenna Beverly arrived at Rutgers in September of 2004 bringing experience in academics and compliance from the University of Oregon and the University of Connecticut.

While at Oregon, Beverly served as a graduate assistant in compliance and then as an academic advisor, spending two years in each role.

In between the two positions at Oregon, Beverly came back east for a brief stint at the University of Connecticut as a compliance assistant handling various compliance duties, including initial eligibility. During her time at the University of Oregon, Beverly received her Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration.

Beverly’s responsibilities at Rutgers include serving as an academic advisor for the football program, while overseeing the Academic Support Services programs, including supplemental instruction, learning assistance, and tutoring. She is responsible for hiring, scheduling and monitoring Academic Services staff in accordance with NCAA regulations of these programs.

Beverly, a native of Northbridge, Mass., graduated from the University of Kansas in 2000 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. While at Kansas, she lettered her freshman year in softball and then worked with the women’s basketball program during her final three years.

Darrick Brown enters his second season as an Athletic Academic Advisor for the Rutgers football team after arriving “On the Banks” in November of 2006. In addition to his advising duties, Brown also oversees book purchasing for all scholarship student-athletes.  

Prior to Rutgers, he served as a Student Services Advisor for the Adult Learning Center at Essex County College where he coordinated the daily operations, including college enrollment, financial aid, tutoring, learning strategies, testing and job readiness.

He was also a Career Development Specialist with the Covenant House in charge of mapping out and tracking the educational and vocational goals of homeless youth.   

Brown, a native of Atlantic City, N.J., graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Psychology in 2000. As a member of the Maine football team, Darrick was a four-year varsity letterwinner as a defensive back and return specialist. He was a two-time all-conference return man and still holds several return records for the program.