Coaches
DeWayne Walker
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
DeWayne Walker
Played at Minnesota
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1991 | Mt. San Antonio | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 1992 | Mt. San Antonio | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
| 1994 | BYU | Position | Cornerbacks coach | LaVell Edwards |
| 1995 | Oklahoma State (unknown) | DC | Defensive coordinator | Bob Simmons |
| 1996-1997 | California | Position | Defensive backs coach | Tom Holmoe (1997) |
| 1998-2000 | New England Patriots (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2001 | USC | Position | Defensive backs coach | Pete Carroll |
| 2002-2003 | New York Giants (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2004-2005 | Washington Redskins (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2006-2008 | UCLA | DC | Defensive coordinator✓ | Karl Dorrell (2006-2007), Rick Neuheisel (2008) |
| 2007 | UCLA | Head coachinterim | Head coach (interim) · season pages | Karl Dorrell |
| 2009-2012 | New Mexico State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2013-2016 | Jacksonville Jaguars (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2017-2019 | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2021-2022 | Arizona | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Jedd Fisch* |
| 2023-2025 | Arizona State | Analyst | Analyst | Kenny Dillingham* |
| 2026- | Arizona State | Other | Special Advisor to the HC | Kenny Dillingham* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 26 | 25 | 37 | 114 | 119 |
| 2007 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 3 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 119 |
| 2008 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 20 | 71 | 35 | 3 | 120 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | UCLA | 0-1 (1 of 13) | 14 → - | 103 | 3 | 11.2 | 54% wins | 119 |
| 2009 | New Mexico State | 3-10 | - → - | 118 | 102 | -28.5 | 25% wins | 120 |
| 2010 | New Mexico State | 2-10 | - → - | 109 | 110 | -29.4 | 23% wins | 120 |
| 2011 | New Mexico State | 4-9 | - → - | 40 | 94 | -18.7 | 17% wins | 120 |
| 2012 | New Mexico State | 1-11 | - → - | 106 | 100 | -33.3 | 31% wins | 124 |
Worked under
- LaVell Edwards · BYU 1994 (Position)
- Bob Simmons · Oklahoma State 1995 (DC)
- Tom Holmoe · California 1997 (Position)
- Pete Carroll · USC 2001 (Position)
- Karl Dorrell · UCLA 2006-2007 (DC)
- Rick Neuheisel · UCLA 2008 (DC)
- Jedd Fisch* · Arizona 2021-2022 (Position)
- Kenny Dillingham* · Arizona State 2023-2026 (Analyst, Other)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 6
- Dale Lindsey · New Mexico State 2009-2011 (DC, Other, Position)
- Timm Rosenbach · New Mexico State 2009 (OC)
- Mike Dunbar · New Mexico State 2010 (OC)
- Doug Martin · New Mexico State 2011 (OC, Position)
- David Elson · New Mexico State 2012 (DC)
- Jerry McManus · New Mexico State 2012 (OC)
Level 2: on their staffs · 7
- Gregg Brandon · New Mexico State 2013-2014 (OC, Position) · under Doug Martin
- Larry Coyer · New Mexico State 2014 (DC) · under Doug Martin
- Walt Wells · New Mexico State 2014 (Position) · under Doug Martin
- Zane Vance · New Mexico State 2015 (DC) · under Doug Martin
- Frank Spaziani · New Mexico State 2016-2021 (DC) · under Doug Martin
- John Mumford · New Mexico State 2017-2021 (Position) · under Doug Martin
- Oliver Soukup · New Mexico State 2017-2021 (Other) · under Doug Martin
Coached together
- Brian Mitchell · BYU 1994 · him Position, them Position
- Norm Chow · BYU 1994 · him Position, them Position
- Brent Guy · Oklahoma State 1995 · him DC, them Position
- Les Miles · Oklahoma State 1995 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 1995 · him DC, them Position
- Hue Jackson · California 1996 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tom Cable · California 1996-1997 · him Position, them Position
- Troy Taylor · California 1996-1997 · him Position, them Position
- Lyle Setencich · California 1997 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Ed Orgeron · USC 2001 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Kennedy Polamalu · USC 2001 · him Position, them ST coord.
- Lane Kiffin*+ · USC 2001 · him Position, them Position
- Nick Holt · USC 2001 · him Position, them Position
- Norm Chow · USC 2001 · him Position, them OC
- Pete Carroll · USC 2001 · him Position, them Head coach
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · USC 2001 · him Position, them Position
- Chuck Bullough · UCLA 2006-2008 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
- Clark Lea* · UCLA 2006 · him DC, them GA
- Dino Babers · UCLA 2006-2007 · him DC, Head coach, them Other, Position
- Gary DeLoach · UCLA 2006-2007 · him DC, Head coach, them Other
- Jim Svoboda · UCLA 2006 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Karl Dorrell · UCLA 2006-2007 · him DC, Head coach, them Head coach
- Jake Peetz · UCLA 2007 · him DC, Head coach, them Analyst
- Jay Norvell · UCLA 2007 · him DC, Head coach, them OC, Position
- Tony White · UCLA 2007 · him DC, Head coach, them GA
- David Raih · UCLA 2008 · him DC, them GA
- Norm Chow · UCLA 2008 · him DC, them OC
- Rick Neuheisel · UCLA 2008 · him DC, them Head coach
- Tim Hauck · UCLA 2008 · him DC, them Position
- Dale Lindsey · New Mexico State 2009-2011 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Timm Rosenbach · New Mexico State 2009 · him Head coach, them OC
- Mike Dunbar · New Mexico State 2010 · him Head coach, them OC
- Doug Martin · New Mexico State 2011 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- David Elson · New Mexico State 2012 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jerry McManus · New Mexico State 2012 · him Head coach, them OC
- Brennan Carroll · Arizona 2021-2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chuck Cecil · Arizona 2021-2022 · him Position, them Position
- Don Brown · Arizona 2021 · him Position, them DC
- Jedd Fisch* · Arizona 2021-2022 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jimmie Dougherty · Arizona 2021-2022 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Keith Dudzinski · Arizona 2021 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Johnny Nansen · Arizona 2022 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Beau Baldwin · Arizona State 2023 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Brian Ward · Arizona State 2023-2026 · him Analyst, Other, them DC, Position
- Charlie Ragle · Arizona State 2023-2025 · him Analyst, them Other, ST coord.
- Kenny Dillingham* · Arizona State 2023-2026 · him Analyst, Other, them Head coach
- Marvin Lewis · Arizona State 2023 · him Analyst, them Other
- Shaun Aguano · Arizona State 2023-2026 · him Analyst, Other, them Position
- David Gibbs · Arizona State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, Other, them Analyst, Position
- Marcus Arroyo · Arizona State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, Other, them OC, Position