Darrell Walker
Darrell Walker (born March 9, 1961)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Little Rock Trojans
Current conference: Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
Clark Atlanta record^: 45-18 (.714)
Little Rock record: 82-99 (.453)
Overall record^: 127-117 (.520)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2024)
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion: 1 (2024)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 1 (2020)
- Ohio Valley Tournament Champion: 0
- SIAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 2 (2017, 2018)
Awards:
- Ohio Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Little Rock |
| 2016-2018 | Clark Atlanta |
| 2012-2014 | New York Knicks (asst) |
| 2008-2011 | Detroit Pistons (asst) |
| 2004-2008 | New Orleans Hornets (asst) |
| 2000-2004 | Washington Wizards (DPP) |
| 2000 | Washington Wizards (interim HC) |
| 1999-2000 | Rockford Lightning |
| 1996-1998 | Toronto Raptors |
| 1995-1996 | Toronto Raptors (asst) |
Darrell Walker Facts
- Darrell Walker
- Born March 9, 1961
- Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Alma Mater: University of Arkansas (BA, 1983)
- Played three years at Arkansas under head coach Eddie Sutton; was named second team All-American in 1983
- Drafted 12th overall in the 1983 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks
- Played in NY for three years, then had stints in Denver, Washington, Detroit and Chicago (won a NBA title in 1993)
- Head coaches he played for in the NBA include Hubie Brown, Doug Moe, Wes Unseld, Chuck Daly and Phil Jackson
- Started coaching in 1995 as an assistant under Brendan Malone in Toronto
- Took over as head coach a year later, going 41-90 in less than two seasons at the helm
- Spent time as the head coach of the CBA’s Rockford Lightning before getting “called up” to coach the Washington Wizards for the remaining 38 games of the 1999-2000 season (went 15-23)
- Was an assistant under a number of NBA head coaches, including Byron Scott, Michael Curry, John Kuester and Mike Woodson
- Became a head coach in 2016, leading D-II Clark Atlanta for two seasons with an overall record of 45-18
- Went to the D-II NCAA Tournament in each of his two seasons at CAU
- Hired in March 2018 to be the new head coach at Little Rock, returning to Arkansas and to Division I
- Led the Trojans to a Sun Belt regular season title in 2020 and was named conference COY
- After changing leagues in 2022, Walker and the Trojans won a share of the 2024 Ohio Valley title; Walker was named 2024 OVC COY
Darrell Walker Coaching Tree
- Butch Beard (Morehead State)
- Butch Carter (Toronto Raptors)
- Hubert Davis (North Carolina)
- Julius Hodge (Lincoln)
- Juwan Howard (Michigan)
- Alfred Jordan (Clark Atlanta)
- Tree Rollins (Washington Mystics, Greenville Groove)
- Damon Stoudamire (Pacific)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels only