Chad Walker

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Chad Walker
Atlanta Falcons
Position: Defensive backs coach
Personal information
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Career information
College: Louisiana State
Career history
As coach:

Chad Walker is an American football coach who is the assistant coach for the defensive backs of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was formerly a quality control assistant at the University of Oklahoma before he joined the Atlanta Falcons as a defensive assistant.[1]

Walker was hired in 2013 by Oklahoma University to help transform the defense to a 3-4 scheme.[2] Prior to joining the Sooners staff, Walker spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Division III Mississippi College.[3] He spent three years at Bryant University, first as defensive backs coach in 2009 before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2010.[4] Walker helped the Bulldogs post a 19-14 record over their first three years as an FCS program.

The New Orleans, Louisiana, native worked as a defensive quality control coach for three seasons with the Miami Dolphins (2005–07). Before moving to the NFL, Walker spent two seasons as a defensive assistant on Nick Saban's staff at Louisiana State University. During that time the Tigers won the 2003 SEC championship and national title. Walker served as a graduate assistant at Louisiana-Monroe and West Virginia before landing at LSU. He began his coaching career as a student assistant at LSU in 2000 after graduating with a degree in education.

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