Rex Walters

Rex Walters
Walters encouraging the team in 2009.
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	San Francisco
Biographical details
Born	(1970-03-12) March 12, 1970 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 seven seasons in the NBA, from 1993 to 2003.

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. Walters played at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Kansas, where he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993. During his time at Kansas he was coached by Roy Williams. 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. In addition to his playing career, Walters had a minor role in the 1994 film Blue Chips. Walters is biracial; his father is white and his mother is Japanese.

In an 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."

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.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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	T–4th
2010–2011	San Francisco	19–15	10–4	3rd	CIT - Quarterfinals
2011–2012	San Francisco	20–14	8–8	5th	CBI - First Round
2012–2013	San Francisco	14–15	7–9	5th
San Francisco:		76–80	35–39
Total:		107–114
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Rex Walters at the Internet Movie Database