Tom Walter

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.[1][2][3]

Tom Walter

Walter in 2013
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Wake Forest
Conference	ACC
Record	303–281 (.519)
Biographical details
Alma mater	Georgetown University George Washington University
Playing career
1988–1991	Georgetown Hoyas
Position(s)	C, OF
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1994	George Washington (Asst.)
1994	New Market Rebels
1997–1998	Cotuit Kettleers
1997–2004	George Washington
2005–2009	New Orleans
2010–present	Wake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1995–1996	Greensboro Bats (Asst. GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	729–609 (.545)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Atlantic 10 Western Division Titles (1998, 2000, 2004) 1 Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship (2002) 1 Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2007) 5 NCAA Regional Appearances (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017) 1 NCAA Regional Title (2017)

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.[1]

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.[4][5][6]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Walter's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][2][7][8][9][10]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
George Washington (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–2004)
1997	George Washington	21–33	9–12	5th (Western)
1998	George Washington	33–18	13–2	1st (Western)
1999	George Washington	26–30	10–11	T–2nd (Western)
2000	George Washington	37–21	16–5	T–1st (Western)
2001	George Washington	38–23	13–9	4th
2002	George Washington	42–23	17–7	2nd (Western)	NCAA Regional
2003	George Washington	35–15	12–9	4th (Western)
2004	George Washington	41–18	19–5	1st (Western)
George Washington:		273–181 (.601)	109–60 (.645)
New Orleans (Sun Belt Conference) (2005–2009)
2005	New Orleans	20–39	10–14	7th
2006	New Orleans	30–28	12–12	5th
2007	New Orleans	38–26	16–14	T–2nd	NCAA Regional
2008	New Orleans	43–21	18–11	2nd	NCAA Regional
2009	New Orleans	22–33	12–18	T–9th
New Orleans:		153–147 (.510)	68–69 (.496)
Wake Forest (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2010–present)
2010	Wake Forest	18–37	8–22	5th (Atlantic)
2011	Wake Forest	25–31	15–15	T–3rd (Atlantic)
2012	Wake Forest	33–24	13–17	4th (Atlantic)
2013	Wake Forest	28–27	9–20	5th (Atlantic)
2014	Wake Forest	30–26	15–15	4th (Atlantic)
2015	Wake Forest	27–26	12–18	6th (Atlantic)
2016	Wake Forest	35–27	13–17	6th (Atlantic)	NCAA Regional
2017	Wake Forest	42–18	19–11	2nd (Atlantic)	NCAA Super Regional
2018	Wake Forest	25–32	13–17	5th (Atlantic)
2019	Wake Forest	31–26	14–16	5th (Atlantic)
2020	Wake Forest	9–7	1–2	(Atlantic)	Season canceled due to COVID-19
Wake Forest:		303–281 (.519)	132–171 (.436)
Total:		729–609 (.545)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

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2. "2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
3. "#12 Tom Walter". GWSports.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
4. Tierney, Mike (February 9, 2011). "Wake Forest Baseball Coach Donates Kidney to Player". NYTimes.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
5. "Wake Forest Coach Gives Player Kidney". ESPN.com. February 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
6. "2012 Wake Forest Baseball Statistics" (PDF). Wake Forest Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
7. "George Washington Baseball Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
8. "Annual Conference Standings". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
9. "2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
10. "2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.