HEAD COACH JOE WALTERS

Joe Walters enters his 36th season as Grove City College’s men’s tennis coach this spring.

With an overall record of 305-114, Walters shares company with a select few who have attained 250 victories at any level of competition.

His .725 career winning percentage ranks among the elite Division III coaches as does his current streak of 16 straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships. He earned the PAC’s Coach of the Year award in 2006.

In the fall of 2004, Walters guided Grove City’s women’s tennis team to an 11-1 record and the PAC championship. Overall, Walters has 306 tennis coaching wins.

Walters was named head coach of the men’s tennis squad in 1972. He was also named as an instructor in the College’s physical education department and was an assistant football coach.

In 1978, Walters was promoted to the rank of associate professor. In 1996, he became the College’s associate men’s athletic director. 

A native of Lewistown, Pa., Walters earned a bachelor of science degree in physical education and recreation from Slippery Rock State in 1968. As a senior, Walters was named Most Valuable Player of the Slippery Rock football team.

After graduating from Slippery Rock, he spent two years in the United States Army Honor Guard in Washington D.C. He then taught at Sterling Elementary School in Sterling Park, Va. before coming to Grove City.

Walters and his wife Diana, a professional vocalist, live in Grove City.

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