Dick Walters

Dick Walters
Sport(s) Basketball
Biographical details
Born 1946/1947 (age 70–71)[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1978 College of DuPage
1978–1985 Evansville
Head coaching record
Overall 114–87 (college)
202–56 (junior college)
Tournaments 0–1 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MCC regular season (1982)
MCC Tournament (1982)

Dick Walters (born 1946/1947) is an American former college basketball coach. He coached the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team from 1978 to 1985. Walters was hired after the entire 1977–78 Evansville team perished in a plane crash during the season in December 1977.

Walters is a graduate of Illinois State University and achieved a record of 202–56 in the junior college ranks at the College of DuPage prior to accepting the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball job.

Following the Purple Aces NCAA appearance in 1982, Walters interviewed for the University of Wisconsin–Madison head coaching position but chose to remain at Evansville with a new five-year contract.[2]

Head coaching record

College

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Evansville Purple Aces (NCAA Division I independent) (1978–1979)
1978–79 Evansville 13–16
Evansville Purple Aces (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1979–1985)
1979–80 Evansville 18–101–45th
1980–81 Evansville 19–96–5T–4th
1981–82 Evansville 23–610–21stNCAA Division I First Round
1982–83 Evansville 13–166–8T–5th
1983–84 Evansville 15–147–7T–4th
1984–85 Evansville 13–164–106th
Evansville: 114–8734–36
Total:114–87

      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

References

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  2. ↑ "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive". News.google.com. April 5, 1982. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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