Richard Walker comes to Lyon College as the softball assistant coach for the Scots from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Walker was the head softball coach at Miami University-Hamilton from 2016 to 2022. During his tenure, his teams finsihed seventh at the 2022 USCAA World Series and were ranked in the top 15 of USCAA National Coaches Poll.
While at Miami University-Hamilton, Walker had a USCAA First Team All-American player, four USCAA Academic All-Americans, 10 All-Conference players, 10 Academic All-Conference players and four Academic All Americans. His teams finished as conference tournament runners-up in 2018 and won the conference tournament in 2019.
Before going to Miami University-Hamilton, Walker was the head varsity softball coach and assistant basket ball coach for LLoyd Memorial High School and was the head coach for the Lexington Legacy 18U team in 2007. Before that, he was the head varsity softball coach of Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Kentucky.
Walker is a graduate of Greenville College where he was a two-year letterman on the men's varsity soccer team and a letterman for the men's varsity baseball team, as well.
