Chad Walker begins his first season as an assistant coach at Bryant University in 2008 where he will focus primarily on the Bulldogs' defensive secondary.  Walker comes to Bryant with a wealth of experience in both the NFL and prominent Division I-A football programs.

Walker spent three years with the National Football League'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.  In 2006, Walker assisted with the Dolphins' linebackers and look squads.  Miami finished ranked fourth in total defense and fifth in pass defense in '06 and last year finished fourth 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 was responsible for quality control and assisting with the second for a Tigers squad that won the BCS National Championship in 2003.