Rex Walters
Rex Walters (born March 12, 1970)
Teams coached: Florida Atlantic Owls, San Francisco Dons, Grand Rapids Drive
Florida Atlantic record: 31-33 (.484)
San Francisco record: 127-127 (.500)
Overall record^: 158-160 (.497)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2011)
Awards:
- WCC Coach of the Year: 1 (2014)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-2020 | Wake Forest (assoc. HC) |
| 2018-2019 | Nevada (special asst) |
| 2017-2018 | Detroit Pistons (asst) |
| 2016-2017 | Grand Rapids Drive |
| 2008-2016 | San Francisco |
| 2006-2008 | Florida Atlantic |
| 2005-2006 | Florida Atlantic (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | Valparaiso (asst) |
Rex Walters Facts
- Rex Andrew Walters
- Born March 12, 1970
- Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
- Alma Mater: University of Kansas (BA, 1993)
- Originally from Omaha, Walters played at Piedmont Hills HS and Independence HS, both in San Jose, California
- Played for Bill E. Foster for two seasons at Northwestern for before transferring to Kansas
- In two years playing for Roy Williams, was twice named All-Big Eight and helped lead the Jayhawks to the 1993 NCAA Final Four
- Selected 16th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets, playing for them for two years
- Also played for the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat, as well as in Spain and with the Kansas City Knights of the new ABA
- Coaches he played for include Chuck Daly, Butch Beard, John Lucas, Larry Brown, Pat Riley and Kevin Pritchard
- Started his coaching career in 2003, spending two seasons as an assistant at Valparaiso under Hall of Famer Homer Drew
- Joined Matt Doherty‘s staff at FAU in 2005 and a year later was named head coach of the Owls
- Went 31-33 in two seasons at the helm, going 16-15 and 15-18 respectively
- Left for the West Coast in 2008, becoming the head coach at San Francisco in the WCC
- Led the Dons for eight seasons, going an even 127-127 overall
- Went to the 2011 CIT, 2012 CBI and 2014 NIT; won 20+ games twice and in 2014 was named WCC COY
- Was fired in March 2016 after going 15-15 (8-10 WCC) the preceding season
- Coached the Grand Rapids Drive in 2016-17 and then spent the following season as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons
- Was special assistant to Eric Musselman at Nevada and associate head coach for Danny Manning at Wake Forest for one season each
- Along with his wife, Deanna, has five children
Rex Walters Coaching Tree
- Mike Balado (Arkansas State)
- Jeff Linder (Wyoming, Northern Colorado)
- Sundance Wicks (Wyoming, Green Bay, Missouri Western)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only