Dick Walters

Dick Walters (born c. 1946/1947)

Teams coached: Evansville Purple Aces
Evansville record: 114-87 (.567)
Overall record^: 114-87 (.567)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1982)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• MCC Regular Season Champion:  1  (1982)
• MCC Tournament Champion:  1  (1982)

Awards:

• MCC Coach of the Year:  1  (1982)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1978-1985	Evansville
1971-1978	College of DuPage

Dick Walters Facts

• Dick Walters
• Born c. 1946/1947
• Alma Mater: Illinois State University (BA, 1969)
• Walters’ first coaching job was at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois; he went 202-56 in seven seasons there
• Hired in 1978 to be the head coach at Evansville, then a D-I Independent one year away the start of the MCC (now the Horizon League)
  • Took over the reigns following the horrible December 1977 plane crash that killed the entire Evansville team and coaching staff
  • The NCAA relaxed its transfer rules to help Walters build a roster around transfers and freshman, and the Aces went 13-16 during the 1978-79 season; the program became a charter member of the MCC in 1979 and went 18-10 in that first year
  • By 1982, Walters had built a team that won both the MCC title and MCC Tournament and reached the D-I NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history
  • Walters went 114-87 overall in seven seasons at the helm

Dick Walters Coaching Tree

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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only