Chad Walker
Title: Asst. Football Coach
Phone: 401-232-6399

Chad Walker begins his second season at Bryant University coaching the Bulldogs' defensive backs.  

In his first year, Bryant's defense was instrumental in the team's success at the Division I level (7-4 overall record).  The Bulldogs finished the year ranked nationally in several defensive categories including interceptions (tied for 17th with 17), turnovers gained (tied for 12th with 30) and scoring defense (29th with 20.82 points allowed per game). 

Walker came to Bryant in the spring of 2008 with a wealth of experience in both the National Football League and prominent Division I-A football programs. He spent three years with the NFL's Miami Dolphins, starting out as the defensive coaches assistant and personnel in 2005, Walker was promoted to quality control coach in 2006, a position he held for two years.

Assisting with the Dolphins' linebackers in 2006, Miami finished fourth in the league in total defense and fifth in pass defense.  In 2007, Miami was fourth overall in the league in pass defense.

Walker began his coaching career as a student assistant at Louisiana State University in 2000 and moved to West Virginia in 2001 where he took on a defensive graduate assistant position.  He would return to the state of Louisiana in 2002 as a defensive grad assistant at Louisiana Monroe before rejoining Nick Saban's staff at LSU in 2003 as a football intern. 

At LSU, Walker assisted with the linebackers for 2003 BCS Champion Tigers' and was responsible for quality control and assisting with the secondary in 2004.
Walker and wife Robyn reside in Providence.