Rex Walters

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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
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 an American former 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.^[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. 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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."^[4]

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]

Doolin's exit marks the latest player to jettison the USF program; after the 2011-12 season, San Francisco endured a whopping six players who opted to head elsewhere. publisher = CBS SPORTS | date =2013-11-26 | url = http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24292117/san-fran-senior-pg-cody-doolin-opts-to-leave-team-for-good

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 (.484)	18–18 (.500)
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
2013–2014	San Francisco	15–9	8–4
San Francisco:		91–89 (.506)	43–43 (.500)
Total:		122-122 (.500)
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ "Rex Walters". Basketball-Reference.com. 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. 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.youtube.com/watch?v=o4b0nLia7c0
↑ Chu, Bryan (2008-04-14). "USF Hires Rex Walters". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-14.

External links

Rex Walters at the Internet Movie Database

v t e 1993 NBA Draft

First round	Chris Webber Shawn Bradley Anfernee Hardaway Jamal Mashburn Isaiah Rider Calbert Cheaney Bobby Hurley Vin Baker Rodney Rogers Lindsey Hunter Allan Houston George Lynch Terry Dehere Scott Haskin Doug Edwards Rex Walters Greg Graham Luther Wright Acie Earl Scott Burrell James Robinson Chris Mills Ervin Johnson Sam Cassell Corie Blount Geert Hammink Malcolm Mackey

Second round	Lucious Harris Sherron Mills Gheorghe Mureșan Evers Burns Alphonso Ford Eric Riley Darnell Mee Ed Stokes John Best Nick Van Exel Conrad McRae Thomas Hill Rich Manning Anthony Reed Adonis Jordan Josh Grant Alex Holcombe Bryon Russell Richard Petruška Chris Whitney Kevin Thompson Mark Buford Marcelo Nicola Spencer Dunkley Mike Peplowski Leonard White Byron Wilson

v t e Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball head coaches

Lonnie Williams (1988–1989) Tim Loomis (1989–1995) Kevin Billerman (1995–1999) Sidney Green (1999–2005) Matt Doherty (2005–2006) Rex Walters (2006–2008) Mike Jarvis (2008– )

San Francisco Dons men's basketball head coaches

Jimmy Needles (1923–1931)
Phil Morrissey (1931–1932)
Wally Cameron (1932–1941)
Forrest Twogood (1941–1942)
Jimmy Needles (1942–1944)
No team (1944–1945)
William Bussenius (1945–1946)
Pete Newell (1946–1950)
Phil Woolpert (1950–1959)
Ross Giudice (1959–1960)
Peter Peletta (1960–1966)
Phil Vukicevich (1966–1970)
Bob Gaillard (1970–1978)
Dan Belluomini (1978–1980)
Pete Barry (1980–1982)
No team (1982–1985)
Jim Brovelli (1985–1995)
Philip Mathews (1995–2004)
Jessie Evans (2004–2007)
Eddie Sutton # (2007–2008)
Rex Walters (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Current men's basketball head coaches of the West Coast Conference

Dave Rose (BYU) Mark Few (Gonzaga) Max Good (Loyola Marymount) Marty Wilson (Pepperdine) Ron Verlin (Pacific) Eric Reveno (Portland) Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's) Bill Grier (San Diego) Rex Walters (San Francisco) Kerry Keating (Santa Clara)

Persondata
Name	Walters, Rex
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	March 12, 1970
Place of birth	Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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