Tom Walter
{{short description|American college baseball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tom Walter
| image = Tom Walter 2013.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Walter in 2013
| current_title = Head Coach
| current_team = Wake Forest
| current_conference = ACC
| current_record = 492–381–1 ({{Winning percentage|492|381|1}})
| contract =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Georgetown University bachelor’s degree in finance
George Washington University School of Business MBA 1994{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame Tom Walter |url=https://gwsports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/tom-walter/179 |website=George Washington University |access-date=14 November 2022}}
| player_years1 = 1988–1991
| player_team1 = Georgetown
| player_positions = C, OF
| coach_years1 = 1992–1994
| coach_team1 = George Washington (Asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1994
| coach_team2 = New Market Rebels
| coach_years3 = 1997–1998
| coach_team3 = Cotuit Kettleers
| coach_years4 = 1997–2004
| coach_team4 = George Washington
| coach_years5 = 2005–2009
| coach_team5 = New Orleans
| coach_years6 = 2010–present
| coach_team6 = Wake Forest
| admin_years1 = 1995–1996
| admin_team1 = Greensboro Bats (Asst. GM)
| overall_record = 918–709–1 ({{Winning percentage|918|709|1}})
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = * NCAA Super Regional (2023)
- 2x NCAA Regional (2017, 2023)
- ACC Regular Season Title (2024)
- ACC Atlantic Division Title (2024)
- 3x Atlantic 10 Western Division Titles (1998, 2000, 2004)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament championship (2002)
- Sun Belt Tournament championship (2007)
- 8x NCAA Regional Appearances (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2022–2024)
| awards = * ACC Coach of the Year (2023)
| coaching_records =
}}
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.{{cite web|title=#32 Tom Walter|url=http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/walter_tom00.html|work=WakeForestSports.com|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712130112/http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/walter_tom00.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=July 12, 2012}}{{cite web|title=2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings|url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm|work=D1Baseball.com|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526020653/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=May 26, 2013}}{{cite web|title=#12 Tom Walter|url=http://www.gwsports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/walter_tom00.html|work=GWSports.com|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623221055/http://www.gwsports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/walter_tom00.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=June 23, 2013}}
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.
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.{{cite web|last=Tierney|first=Mike|title=Wake Forest Baseball Coach Donates Kidney to Player|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/sports/baseball/10transplant.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526005712/https://www.webcitation.org/68K7eKfG9?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/sports/baseball/10transplant.html%3F_r=1|archivedate=May 26, 2024|url-status=live|date=February 9, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Wake Forest Coach Gives Player Kidney|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=6100855|work=ESPN.com|access-date=June 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201164414/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6100855|archive-date=February 1, 2012|url-status=live|date=February 9, 2011}}{{cite web|title=2012 Wake Forest Baseball Statistics|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/stats/season_stats.pdf|publisher=Wake Forest Sports Information|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611184827/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/stats/season_stats.pdf|url-status=dead|archivedate=June 11, 2012}}
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Walter's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.{{cite web|title=George Washington Baseball Year-by-Year Results|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gewa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/Year-By-YearResults.pdf|work=grfx.CSTV.com|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200155/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gewa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/Year-By-YearResults.pdf|url-status=dead|archivedate=November 12, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Annual Conference Standings|url=http://boydsworld.com/data/|work=BoydsWorld.com|publisher=Boyd Nation|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}{{cite web|title=2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings|url=http://www.d1baseball.com/2011/conferences/standings_acc.htm|work=D1Baseball.com|accessdate=June 10, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307191532/http://www.d1baseball.com/2011/conferences/standings_acc.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=March 7, 2012}}{{cite web|title=2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings|url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm|work=D1Baseball.com|publisher=Jeremy Mills|accessdate=May 19, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526020653/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_acc.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=May 26, 2013}}
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|name=George Washington
|startyear=1997
|conference=Atlantic 10 Conference
|endyear=2004
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997
| name = George Washington
| overall = 21–33
| conference = 9–12
| confstanding = 5th (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1998
| name = George Washington
| overall = 33–18
| conference = 13–2
| confstanding = 1st (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = George Washington
| overall = 26–30
| conference = 10–11
| confstanding = T–2nd (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2000
| name = George Washington
| overall = 37–21
| conference = 16–5
| confstanding = T–1st (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = George Washington
| overall = 38–23
| conference = 13–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2002
| name = George Washington
| overall = 42–23
| conference = 17–7
| confstanding = 2nd (Western)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = George Washington
| overall = 35–15
| conference = 12–9
| confstanding = 4th (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2004
| name = George Washington
| overall = 41–18
| conference = 19–5
| confstanding = 1st (Western)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = George Washington
| overall = 273–181 ({{Winning percentage|273|181}})
| confrecord = 109–60 ({{Winning percentage|109|60}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=New Orleans
|startyear=2005
|conference=Sun Belt Conference
|endyear=2009
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 20–39
| conference = 10–14
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 30–28
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2007
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 38–26
| conference = 16–14
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 43–21
| conference = 18–11
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 22–33
| conference = 12–18
| confstanding = T–9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = New Orleans
| overall = 153–147 ({{Winning percentage|153|147}})
| confrecord = 68–69 ({{Winning percentage|68|69}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Wake Forest
|startyear=2010
|conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
|endyear=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 18–37
| conference = 8–22
| confstanding = 5th (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 25–31
| conference = 15–15
| confstanding = T–3rd (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 33–24
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 4th (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 28–27
| conference = 9–20
| confstanding = 5th (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 30–26
| conference = 15–15
| confstanding = 4th (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 27–26
| conference = 12–18
| confstanding = 6th (Atlantic)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 35–27
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 6th (Atlantic)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 42–18
| conference = 19–11
| confstanding = 2nd (Atlantic)
| postseason = NCAA Super Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 25–32
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 5th {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 31–26
| conference = 14–16
| confstanding = 5th {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 9–7
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 20–27
| conference = 10–22
| confstanding = 6th {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason = ACC tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 41–19–1
| conference = 15–14–1
| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2023
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 54–12
| conference = 22–7
| confstanding = 1st {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason = College World Series
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 38–22
| conference = 15–15
| confstanding = 5th {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason = NCAA regional
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2025
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 36-20
| conference = 16-14
| confstanding = {{small|(Atlantic)}}
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = 492–381–1 ({{Winning percentage|492|381|1}})
| confrecord = 210–242–1 ({{Winning percentage|210|242|1}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 918–709–1 ({{Winning percentage|918|709|1}})
}}
See also
References
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