Michael Walker - Women's Swimming & Diving Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Michael Walker

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
mtwalker@udel.edu

Michael Walker enters his fourth season as part of the Blue Hens' coaching staff and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in November of 2021.

Walker attended West Virginia University where he was a team captain and member of the 2007 Big East Championship team. He was the Big East Champion in the 200 backstroke in 2008 and 400 IM in 2008 and 2009. He was also an NCAA All-American in 2009 and a 2008 Olympic Trial Qualifier in the 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 400 IM.

After graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in Sports and Exercise Psychology, Walker joined his former WVU head coach Sergio Lopez Miro at the prestigious Bolles School located in Jacksonville, Florida. Michael remained as an assistant coach under Lopez for five years before becoming the head coach of the Guatemalan National Swim Team at the Guatemala Aquatic Federation. Walker spent two years in Guatemala, where he was personally in charge of Olympian Gisela Morales' training program. He served as the head coach for the Guatemalan team during the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 FINA World Championships.

While Walker was thankful for his international opportunities and experiences, which have no doubt helped him to grow and develop as a swimming coach, he decided to return home to the Mountain State in 2016 to serve as the head coach of the Fairmont Area Swim Team. Walker spent two years as the head coach of FAST, while also serving as an assistant at Fairmont State University. While at FAST, Walker oversaw the entire operations of the club, developing season plans, work outs, meets and much more.

Walker currently resides in Newark with his wife Brooke and son Hendricks and their dog Bueller.