Rex Walters
| Rex Walters | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Francisco |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 12, 1970 |
| Place of birth | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1990 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 |
Northwestern Kansas New Jersey Nets Philadelphia 76ers Miami Heat Baloncesto León (Spain) Kansas City Knights (ABA) CB Gran Canaria (Spain) Kansas City Knights (ABA) |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–present |
Valparaiso (asst.) Florida Atlantic (asst.) Florida Atlantic San Francisco |
Rex Andrew Walters (born March 12, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player and current men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. Walters played college basketball at Northwestern University and the University of Kansas and played professionally for ten years including in the NBA from 1993 to 2000.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Walters played high school basketball at Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose, California, but graduated from Independence High School in San Jose, California.[1] Walters played at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Kansas, where he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993. The 6'4" (1.93 m) shooting guard was selected by the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets with the 16th pick in the 1993 NBA Draft. Walters played in the league from 1993 until 2000. He was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in his third season and he also played briefly with the Miami Heat. After leaving the NBA, Walters played for León and Gran Canaria in Spain.[2] In addition to his playing career, Walters had a minor role in the 1994 film Blue Chips. Walters is biracial; he is half white and half Japanese.[3]
In a interview with Rick Quan, Rex Walters responded to the question of feeling that he was a pioneer for Asian-Americans. He responded - "I consider myself Japanese-American. I just don't look it. People are always surprised. Now we got a guy like Jeremy Lin breaking barriers, I'd like to think I played a small part in that". He later added, "People ask me who I am? what I am? I am a Japanese-American, I take great pride in that."[4]
[edit] Coaching career
From 2006–2008, Walters served as the men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. In April 2008, he accepted a position as head basketball coach at the University of San Francisco.[5]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt Conference) (2006–2008) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Florida Atlantic | 16-15 | 10-8 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2007-2008 | Florida Atlantic | 15-18 | 8-10 | 4th (East) | |||||
| Florida Atlantic: | 31-33 | 18-18 | |||||||
| San Francisco (West Coast Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | San Francisco | 11-19 | 3-11 | 7th | |||||
| 2009-2010 | San Francisco | 12-18 | 7-7 | 5th | |||||
| 2010-2011 | San Francisco | 19-15 | 10-4 | 3rd | CIT - Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2011-2012 | San Francisco | 15-9 | 5-5 | ||||||
| San Francisco: | 57-61 | 25-27 | |||||||
| Total: | 88-94 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ "Rex Walters". Basketball-Reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltere01.html. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ^ "Walters Added to Doherty's Staff: Former Kansas and NBA player joins men's basketball staff". CSTV Networks, Inc.. 2005-04-20. http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/042005aam.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ Hua, Vanessa (April 10, 2006). "Asian American basketball leagues boost game skills and ethnic pride". San Francisco Chronicle: p. A1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/10/MNGVGI6MV21.DTL&ao=all.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4b0nLia7c0
- ^ Chu, Bryan (2008-04-14). "USF Hires Rex Walters". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/14/SP3T1057BN.DTL. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
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