Career
He coached the Evansville Purple Aces men"s basketball team from 1978-1985. Walters was hired after the entire 1977-1978 Evansville team perished in a plane crash during the season in December 1977. Following the Purple Aces National Collegiate Athletic Association appearance in 1982, Walters interviewed for the University of Wisconsin head coaching position but chose to remain at Evansville with a new 5-year contract.