Tim Walton (softball)
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| Sport(s) | Softball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Florida |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 608-127 (.827) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 6, 1972 Cerritos, California |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1992–1993 | Cerritos JC |
| 1994–1995 | Oklahoma |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2002 | Oklahoma (asst.) |
| 2003–2005 | Wichita State |
| 2006–present | Florida |
| 2010–2011 | USSSA Pride |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 730–191 (.793) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Women's College World Series (2014, 2015) SEC Tournament (2008, 2009, 2013) SEC Regular Season (2008, 2009, 2013, 2016) |
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| Awards | |
| SEC Coach of the Year (2008, 2009) | |
Timothy Ian Walton (born August 6, 1972) is an American college softball coach and a former college and professional baseball player. Walton is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators softball team of the University of Florida. Walton is best known for leading the Florida Gators to five consecutive appearances in the Women's College World Series.
Walton first attended Cerritos College in his hometown of Cerritos, California, where he played for the Cerritos Falcons baseball team in 1992 and 1993. After his sophomore year, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, where he was a two-year letter-winner for the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team in 1994 and 1995. As a Sooner baseball player, Walton participated in two consecutive College World Series, earning a win in the Sooners' 13–5 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the 1994 College World Series championship game. He graduated from the university with his bachelor's degree in history in 1996.
After college, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies minor league organization for two seasons.
Walton was an assistant coach for the Oklahoma Sooners softball team of his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, for four seasons from 1999 to 2002. He accepted the head coaching position for the Wichita State Shockers softball team at Wichita State University after the 2002 season, and tallied a three-season win-loss record of 123–64 from 2003 to 2005.
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