Feb. 1, 2010

LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech head football coach Tommy Tuberville made another addition to his staff over the weekend with the hiring of Joe Walker as the head strength and conditioning coach for Red Raider Football. He replaces Bennie Wylie who resigned on Saturday.

Walker joins the Red Raiders after spending the last two seasons as an assistant strength coach at Auburn as he joined the Tiger staff in February 2007.

"I'm very excited to bring Joe (Walker) onboard our staff," said Tuberville. "I've been around him for several years and been very impressed with his work ethic and the fact that he is able to get maximum effort from every player. A strength coach is vital to every football program and Joe is a guy that can help us win football games."

His arrival at Auburn in 2007 was not his first stint with the Tigers as he served as a graduate assistant from May 2003 until May 2005 where he worked directly with the football program then led by Tuberville. Following his graduate assistantship at Auburn, he moved to Texas where he served as an assistant strength coach at TCU from May 2005 until January 2007. Walker also gained experience through brief stints at Kansas State and Pittsburgh.

Walker earned a bachelor's degree in recreation management/fitness option from Lock Haven University in 2002 and a master's degree in adult education from Auburn in 2004. He and his wife Lauren have two sons, Caden and Colby.