| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 77–78)[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1978 | College of DuPage |
| 1978–1985 | Evansville |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 114–87 (college) 202–56 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MCC regular season (1982) MCC tournament (1982) | |
Dick Walters (born 1946/1947) is an American formercollege basketball coach. He coached theEvansville Purple Aces men's basketball team from 1978 to 1985. Walters was hired after the entire1977–78 Evansville team perished in aplane crash during the season in December 1977.
Walters is a graduate ofIllinois State University and achieved a record of 202–56 in the junior college ranks at theCollege of DuPage prior to accepting theEvansville Purple Aces men's basketball job.
Following the Purple Aces NCAA appearance in 1982, Walters interviewed for theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison head coaching position but chose to remain at Evansville with a new five-year contract.[2]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville Purple Aces(NCAA Division I independent)(1978–1979) | |||||||||
| 1978–79 | Evansville | 13–16 | |||||||
| Evansville Purple Aces(Midwestern Collegiate Conference)(1979–1985) | |||||||||
| 1979–80 | Evansville | 18–10 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1980–81 | Evansville | 19–9 | 6–5 | T–4th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Evansville | 23–6 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1982–83 | Evansville | 13–16 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 1983–84 | Evansville | 15–14 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Evansville | 13–16 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
| Evansville: | 114–87 | 34–36 | |||||||
| Total: | 114–87 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
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