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Shawn Walker will be entering his seventh year as the Head Coach of the Elizabeth City State University Vikings. Last season he was tabbed as the 2008 CIAA Coach of the Year for leading ECSU to its first 20-win season since 1999. He also coached the 2008 Player of the Year in Anthony Hilliard and ECSU went a perfect 13-0 on their home court, the R.L. Vaughan Center, in 2007-08. On March 3, 2007 he became only the third coach in CIAA history to lead his alma mater to a conference championship, ECSU's first basketball crown in 26 years (Norvell Lee, Saint Augustine's; Stephen Joyner, Johnson. C. Smith). That night the Vikings also won the John B. McLendon Sportsmanship Award and the CIAA Academic Award for the men's basketball team with the highest G.P.A. A native of Roper, NC, Walker was an All-CIAA guard for the Vikings in 1993 and 1994 under former Viking coach Claudie Mackey. During his collegiate career he scored 1,461 points and was NCAA Division II statistical champion in FT% (1992) and 3-point field goal % (1993 & 1994). During the 1993-1994 school year he set school season records for most three-point field goals (105) and best three-point field goal percentage(.485). His junior year (1992-1993) he set the record for most three-point field goal attempts (219). All three of those records still stand today.He graduated from ECSU in December 1994 with two degrees, one in biology and one in health/physical education. In 1998, he obtained a Masters in athletic administration from Slippery Rock (PA) University. While at Slippery Rock, Walker served as a graduate assistant in 1995-1996. In 1996, he returned to his alma mater as the assistant men's coach for the Vikings. That season saw the Vikings advance to the Elite Eight in Louisville, KY. At the conclusion of that year, Walker ventured out on his own when he was named the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Voorhees College in Denmark, SC. During the next four years (1997-2001), Voorhees saw much success under Walker's direction, including EIAC Championships in 1999, regular season champion in 1997-98, and co-regular season champions 2000-2001. In 1999, his team competed in the NAIA National Tournament in Tulsa, OK. While at Voorhees, Walker compiled an overall record of 70-58 and coached two EIAC Conference Players of the Year, both who now play professionally. In 2001-02, he came back to ECSU and coached the Lady Vikings to a second place finish in the CIAA Eastern Division. His previous coaching accolades include EIAC Coach of the Year 1998 and 2000 and EIAC Tournament Coach 1999. His memberships include the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the CIAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association, of which he is the Vice-President. He is also a member of Saint Stephens Missionary Baptist Church in Elizabeth City and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Coach Walker is the son of Julius, Jr. and Katie, both graduates of Elizabeth City State and is the proud father of a son, Shawn Walker, Jr. (9), and has a niece, Mackenzie (4). |
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