Al Walker
{{Short description|American former basketball coach (born 1959)}}
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| name = Al Walker
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|19}}
| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1978–1981
| player_team1 = Brockport
| coach_years1 = 1988–1993
| coach_team1 = Colorado College
| coach_years2 = 1993–1996
| coach_team2 = Cornell
| coach_years3 = 1996–2000
| coach_team3 = Chaminade
| coach_years4 = 2000–2007
| coach_team4 = Binghamton
| coach_years5 = 2012–2013
| coach_team5 = Buffalo (assistant, women's)
| overall_record = 234–279
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{{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalGold|1981 Israel|Men's basketball}}
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Al Walker (born March 19, 1959) is an American former basketball coach. He currently is a pro personnel scout for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, a position he'd held since 2015.[https://www.nba.com/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/pistons/files/1819_leadership.pdf Detroit Pistons Leadership] NBA {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084842/https://www.nba.com/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/pistons/files/1819_leadership.pdf |date=December 26, 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://pistonpowered.com/2014/07/01/george-david-resigns-pistons-hire-al-walker-and-art-luptowski/|title=George David resigns, Pistons hire Al Walker and Art Luptowski|date=1 July 2014|publisher=}} He played college basketball for the Brockport Golden Eagles, won a gold medal with Team USA in the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and played one year of pro basketball in Israel. He served as the head coach for the Colorado College, Cornell University, Chaminade University of Honolulu and Binghamton University men's basketball teams.
Biography
=Playing career=
Walker played college basketball from 1978 to 1981 for the Brockport Golden Eagles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/sports-coach-set-for-israeli-games.html|title=Sports; COACH SET FOR ISRAELI GAMES|first=Esther|last=Blaustein|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 5, 1981}} He earned honorable mention on the Small College All-American team.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/06/28/sports/story2.html|title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports|website=starbulletin.com}} At Brockport, in 2012 he ranked fifth all-time in rebounds (706; 2nd at the time of his graduation) and 20th in scoring (856), while playing only three seasons.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.ubbulls.com/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/201207192z82rs|title=Al Walker Named To Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|date=July 19, 2012|via=buffalo.prestosports.com}}
He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in physical education from Brockport State College in 1981, and earned a masters in sports psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/cornellsid/docs/0607mbkb|title=2006-07 Cornell Men's Basketball Media Guide by Jeremy Hartigan |website=issuu.com}}
Walker is Jewish, and played basketball for Team USA in the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal with David Blatt, Danny Schayes (the first round draft pick of the NBA's Utah Jazz), and Willie Sims.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/23/sports/basketball-talent-on-stage-at-xavier-xavier-provides-a-basketball-showcase.html|title=Basketball Talent On Stage at Xavier; Xavier Provides a Basketball Showcase|first=Sam|last=Goldaper|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 23, 1981}}{{Cite web|url=https://maccabiusa.com/danny-schayes-appointed-as-a-member-of-the-basketball-staff-for-the-2018-international-maccabi-youth-games/|title=Danny Schayes Appointed As A Member of the Basketball Staff For The 2018 International Maccabi Youth Games}} In 1982 he then played one year of pro basketball in Israel.
=Coaching career=
Walker served as the head coach for the Colorado College, Cornell, Chaminade and Binghamton men's basketball teams.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bubearcats.com/sports/mbask/staff0607.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611185627/http://www.bubearcats.com/sports/mbask/staff0607.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead }} Walker was also an advance scout for the Orlando Magic for five seasons until 2012, and an assistant for the University of Buffalo women's basketball team from 2012 to 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://issuu.com/kcannon/docs/mediaguide_forweb |title=2010-11 Orlando Magic Media Guide |access-date=2011-06-22 |archive-date=2012-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017112116/http://issuu.com/kcannon/docs/mediaguide_forweb |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ubbulls.com/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/201207192z82rs|title=Al Walker Named To Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|date=19 July 2012|website=Buffalo|access-date=13 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314013823/http://www.ubbulls.com/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/201207192z82rs|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}} From 2013 to 2015, he returned to Colorado College where he worked in the Major Gifts office.{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/humanresources/news-and-events/new-employees-archive.html|title=New Employees Archive • Human Resources Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu|access-date=2019-05-02|archive-date=2019-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051219/https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/humanresources/news-and-events/new-employees-archive.html|url-status=dead}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Colorado College Tigers
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| startyear = 1988
| endyear = 1993
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1988–89
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 7–19
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1989–90
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 13–12
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1990–91
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 10–16
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1991–92
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 22–5
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| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1992–93
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 17–8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 69–60
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cornell Big Red
| conference = Ivy League
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 1996
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Cornell
| overall = 8–18
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Cornell
| overall = 9–17
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Cornell
| overall = 10–16
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Cornell
| overall = 27–51
| confrecord = 12–30
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Chaminade Silverswords
| conference= Pacific West Conference
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 2000
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Chaminade
| overall = 8–19
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Chaminade
| overall = 12–14
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Chaminade
| overall = 13–14
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–00
| name = Chaminade
| overall = 13–13
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Chaminade
| overall = 46–60
| confrecord = 24–28
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Binghamton Bearcats
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 2000
| endyear = 2001
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 14–14
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Binghamton Bearcats
| conference = America East Conference
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2007
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 9–19
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 14–13
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 12–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 13–16
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Binghamton
| overall = 92–108
| confrecord = 51–49
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 234–279
| legend = no
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References
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{{Colorado College Tigers men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Cornell Big Red men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball coach navbox}}
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