Tom Walter
Tom Walter is an American college baseball coach. He has been the head coach of Wake Forest since the start of the 2010 season. Before coming to Wake Forest, Walter held head coaching positions at George Washington from 1997–2004 and New Orleans from 2005–2009. He was an assistant at George Washington from 1992–1994. Walter's career head coaching record, as of the end of the 2014 season, is 560–473.[1][2][3]
 Walter in 2013 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Wake Forest |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 303–281 (.519) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University George Washington University |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Georgetown Hoyas |
| Position(s) | C, OF |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1994 | George Washington (Asst.) |
| 1994 | New Market Rebels |
| 1997–1998 | Cotuit Kettleers |
| 1997–2004 | George Washington |
| 2005–2009 | New Orleans |
| 2010–present | Wake Forest |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | Greensboro Bats (Asst. GM) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 729–609 (.545) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 Atlantic 10 Western Division Titles (1998, 2000, 2004) 1 Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship (2002) 1 Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2007) 5 NCAA Regional Appearances (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017) 1 NCAA Regional Title (2017) | |
Outside NCAA baseball, Walter served as the assistant general manager of the minor league Greensboro Bats from 1995–1996. In collegiate summer baseball, Walter was the head coach of the Valley Baseball League's New Market Rebels in 1994 and the Cape Cod League's Cotuit Kettleers from 1997–1998.[1]
Walter received national media attention prior to the 2011 season for donating his kidney to Wake Forest baseball player Kevin Jordan. In his senior year of high school, Jordan had developed ANCA vasculitis, a condition that severely affected his kidneys. After Jordan enrolled at Wake Forest in fall 2010, the condition did not improve, and by January 2011 he required a kidney transplant. Since none of Jordan's family members qualified as a donor, Walter offered to be a kidney donor for Jordan. The February 2011 operation was successful, and Jordan was able to start his baseball career for Wake Forest in spring 2012.[4][5][6]
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Walter's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][2][7][8][9][10]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–2004) | |||||||||
| 1997 | George Washington | 21–33 | 9–12 | 5th (Western) | |||||
| 1998 | George Washington | 33–18 | 13–2 | 1st (Western) | |||||
| 1999 | George Washington | 26–30 | 10–11 | T–2nd (Western) | |||||
| 2000 | George Washington | 37–21 | 16–5 | T–1st (Western) | |||||
| 2001 | George Washington | 38–23 | 13–9 | 4th | |||||
| 2002 | George Washington | 42–23 | 17–7 | 2nd (Western) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2003 | George Washington | 35–15 | 12–9 | 4th (Western) | |||||
| 2004 | George Washington | 41–18 | 19–5 | 1st (Western) | |||||
| George Washington: | 273–181 (.601) | 109–60 (.645) | |||||||
| New Orleans (Sun Belt Conference) (2005–2009) | |||||||||
| 2005 | New Orleans | 20–39 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
| 2006 | New Orleans | 30–28 | 12–12 | 5th | |||||
| 2007 | New Orleans | 38–26 | 16–14 | T–2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | New Orleans | 43–21 | 18–11 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | New Orleans | 22–33 | 12–18 | T–9th | |||||
| New Orleans: | 153–147 (.510) | 68–69 (.496) | |||||||
| Wake Forest (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Wake Forest | 18–37 | 8–22 | 5th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2011 | Wake Forest | 25–31 | 15–15 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2012 | Wake Forest | 33–24 | 13–17 | 4th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2013 | Wake Forest | 28–27 | 9–20 | 5th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2014 | Wake Forest | 30–26 | 15–15 | 4th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2015 | Wake Forest | 27–26 | 12–18 | 6th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 35–27 | 13–17 | 6th (Atlantic) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 42–18 | 19–11 | 2nd (Atlantic) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 25–32 | 13–17 | 5th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 31–26 | 14–16 | 5th (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 9–7 | 1–2 | (Atlantic) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| Wake Forest: | 303–281 (.519) | 132–171 (.436) | |||||||
| Total: | 729–609 (.545) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "#32 Tom Walter". WakeForestSports.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "#12 Tom Walter". GWSports.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- Tierney, Mike (February 9, 2011). "Wake Forest Baseball Coach Donates Kidney to Player". NYTimes.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "Wake Forest Coach Gives Player Kidney". ESPN.com. February 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "2012 Wake Forest Baseball Statistics" (PDF). Wake Forest Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "George Washington Baseball Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "Annual Conference Standings". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.