Tim Walters Named Men's Soccer Assistant Coach
Jun 20, 2011 | Men's Soccer
OMAHA, Neb. - UNO men's soccer Head Coach Jason Mims announced Monday that Tim Walters has been named an assistant coach for the Mavericks.
Walters, a former Creighton standout, comes to UNO from Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla., where he was an assistant under Head Coach Keith Buckley for one season, helping the Tars to a 15-4-3 overall record and a second-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament in 2010.
Walters will help Mims lead the Mavericks into their inaugural season this fall.
"I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity to return to Omaha and help Jason build the UNO men's soccer program," Walters said. "Having played collegiately in Omaha and having family here, I know that there are a lot of talented players in the area. I look forward to coaching at the Division I level and helping UNO become competitive right away."
A St. Louis, Mo., native, Walters served as an assistant coach at Creighton during the 2009 season while finishing his degree in management information systems.
After starting his collegiate playing career at Kentucky, Walters transferred to Creighton for his final three years of eligibility. An attacking player, he started 29 of the 53 matches he appeared in, tallying seven goals and seven assists over his final two seasons. During Creighton's 16-2-2 campaign in 2008, Walters had three goals and three assists. All three of his goals as a senior were game-winners, including clutch shots at sixth-ranked California and against Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinals.
Walters enjoyed a career-year as a junior, posting four goals and four assists to finish third on the team with 12 points in 2007. Walters scored the game-winning goal against second-ranked Indiana and followed with an assist on the game-winning overtime goal against Loyola Marymount to earn Saint Louis Nike Classic Tournament Co-MVP honors in addition to several national team of the week accolades in September 2007.
"Tim is full of energy and passion for the game," Mims said. "Those attributes are contagious and his ability to get the most out of our players every day is something special in a young coach. He has played and succeeded at the highest level of club soccer in our country and was very successful at the highest level of collegiate soccer. Tim wants to be on the field all of the time and will expect the same from everyone on the team."
A graduate of Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Mo., Walters owns high school career marks of 97 goals, 222 points and 24 game-winning goals. His father, Tim, played soccer at Indiana in the late 1970s.
Walters and his fiancée, Molly, have a five-month-old daughter, Finley.
Walters, a former Creighton standout, comes to UNO from Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla., where he was an assistant under Head Coach Keith Buckley for one season, helping the Tars to a 15-4-3 overall record and a second-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament in 2010.
Walters will help Mims lead the Mavericks into their inaugural season this fall.
"I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity to return to Omaha and help Jason build the UNO men's soccer program," Walters said. "Having played collegiately in Omaha and having family here, I know that there are a lot of talented players in the area. I look forward to coaching at the Division I level and helping UNO become competitive right away."
A St. Louis, Mo., native, Walters served as an assistant coach at Creighton during the 2009 season while finishing his degree in management information systems.
After starting his collegiate playing career at Kentucky, Walters transferred to Creighton for his final three years of eligibility. An attacking player, he started 29 of the 53 matches he appeared in, tallying seven goals and seven assists over his final two seasons. During Creighton's 16-2-2 campaign in 2008, Walters had three goals and three assists. All three of his goals as a senior were game-winners, including clutch shots at sixth-ranked California and against Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinals.
Walters enjoyed a career-year as a junior, posting four goals and four assists to finish third on the team with 12 points in 2007. Walters scored the game-winning goal against second-ranked Indiana and followed with an assist on the game-winning overtime goal against Loyola Marymount to earn Saint Louis Nike Classic Tournament Co-MVP honors in addition to several national team of the week accolades in September 2007.
"Tim is full of energy and passion for the game," Mims said. "Those attributes are contagious and his ability to get the most out of our players every day is something special in a young coach. He has played and succeeded at the highest level of club soccer in our country and was very successful at the highest level of collegiate soccer. Tim wants to be on the field all of the time and will expect the same from everyone on the team."
A graduate of Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Mo., Walters owns high school career marks of 97 goals, 222 points and 24 game-winning goals. His father, Tim, played soccer at Indiana in the late 1970s.
Walters and his fiancée, Molly, have a five-month-old daughter, Finley.
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