Dick Walters
American former coach of the Evansville Purple Aces basketball team
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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.
202–56 (junior college)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 78–79)[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) | |
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 | 18–10 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1980–81 | Evansville | 19–9 | 6–5 | T–4th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Evansville | 23–6 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1982–83 | Evansville | 13–16 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 1983–84 | Evansville | 15–14 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Evansville | 13–16 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
| Evansville: | 114–87 | 34–36 | |||||||
| Total: | 114–87 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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