Overview

• The university announced Walker’s hiring after a national search, with multiple outlets reporting a five-year agreement and an Oct. 6 start date.
• Walker most recently served at Tennessee as senior deputy athletics director and chief strategy officer, adding duties as executive director of the UT Athletics Foundation.
• His portfolio at Tennessee included compliance, legal affairs, facilities, event operations, name, image and likeness initiatives, and oversight roles for football and men’s basketball.
• Walker previously held senior compliance roles at UCF and was an associate AD at Utah Valley; he is a Rexburg, Idaho, native with a law degree from Arkansas.
• He succeeds Diana Sabau, who left for Maryland in July, with Sandy Barbour serving in the interim, and he will be introduced at a news conference this week as USU prepares for Pac-12 entry.