Bubba Walker
9/21/2007 4:27:00 AM | Football
EXPERIENCE: 3rd YEAR ON GSU STAFF
Bubba Walker enters his third year on the Georgia Southern football staff. He works on the defensive coaching staff, working with the rovers.
Walker helped in the development of Chris Covington early in the 2008 season before he moved to linebackers and earned All-America status again. During the defensive transition year to the 3-3-5, Walker coached five different starters at rover.
During his first year with the Eagles Walker worked with the defensive ends, coaching First Team All-Southern Conference selection Larry Beard. This season Walker will coach the outside linebackers, a position he has a great deal of coaching experience working with.
In 2006 Walker worked at Georgia as a graduate assistant coach with the linebacking corps. The Bulldogs finished eighth nationally in total defense.
During the 2004 and 2005 seasons he worked with Chris Hatcher at Valdosta State as a graduate assistant coach with the defensive line. One of Walker's defensive ends, All-America Tim Thompson, signed with the Tennessee Titans.
Walker worked as the linebackers coach at the Academy of Richmond County from 2002-2003 while he wrapped up work on his undergraduate degree at Augusta State. He spent five years working in the business sector before he decided to pursue a collegiate coaching career.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Walker was a four-year starter at the University of Buffalo (1992-95). As a true-freshman, he started in every game. He played two years as a defensive end and two years at defensive tackle. Walker was a two-time all-conference linebacker at Plum Senior High.
He received his bachelor's degree in History from Augusta State in 2004. Walker also took graduate level courses in Higher Education Leadership.
Walker resides in Statesboro.
