Michael Walker enters his second season with the West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving program after being named an associate head coach in June 2024.
Walker assists in all recruiting efforts, oversees practice programming and reviews workout programs for the swimming and diving program.
Prior to West Virginia
Walker spent the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach for the Texas A&M swimming and diving program. Before joining the Aggies, he spent five seasons (2018-2023) at Delaware as an assistant coach and associate head coach.
Before joining the Delaware program, Walker was the head coach of the Fairmont Area Swim Team (FAST) in Fairmont, West Virginia, from 2016-18. He also served as an assistant coach at Fairmont State during this time. In his role at FAST, Walker developed season plans, workouts, meets and oversaw the operations of the club.
Walker also served as an assistant coach for former West Virginia head swimming and diving coach Sergio Lopez for five seasons (2010-2015) at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, before leaving the program to be the head coach of the Guatemalan National Swim Team.
He spent two years leading the national team, serving as head coach for the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Walker swam for WVU from 2005-09 and was a team captain during the 2007-08 season. He was also part of West Virginia’s Big East Championship season in 2007 and was a Big East champion in the 200 backstroke in 2008 and the 400 individual medley in 2008 and 2009.
Walker was named an NCAA All-American honorable mention after placing 11
th in the 400 IM at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving National Championships in 2009. He was a United States Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and the 400 IM in 2008.
Walker is a native of Bridgeport and graduated from WVU with a degree in sports and exercise psychology in 2009.
He and his wife Brooke, have a son, Hendricks.
