Tom Walter is an American

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coach. He has been the head coach of Wake Forest since the start of the 2010 season. Before coming to Wake Forest, Walter held head coaching positions at

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from 1997–2004 and

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from 2005–2009. He was an assistant at George Washington from 1992–1994. Walter's career head coaching record, as of the end of the 2014 season, is 560–473. Outside

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baseball, Walter served as the assistant general manager of the

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from 1995–1996. In

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, Walter was the head coach of the

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in 1994 and the

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from 1997–1998. Walter received national media attention prior to the

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season for donating his kidney to Wake Forest baseball player Kevin Jordan. In his senior year of high school, Jordan had developed ANCA

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, a condition that severely affected his kidneys. After Jordan enrolled at Wake Forest in fall 2010, the condition did not improve, and by January 2011 he required a kidney transplant. Since none of Jordan's family members qualified as a donor, Walter offered to be a kidney donor for Jordan. The February 2011 operation was successful, and Jordan was able to start his baseball career for Wake Forest in spring 2012. On June 2, 2025, while coaching a game against

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, Walter appeared to call an opposing player a "fucking faggot." He later apologized for his "outburst in frustration."

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Walter's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

References

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Head coaching record

See also

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