About Walt Wells
Born 1967. Walt Wells is an American american football coach.
Walt Wells (born October 26, 1967) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University, a position he has held since 2019.
Career Wells has over 20 years of coaching experience as an offensive line coach and coordinator with previous stops at Eastern Kentucky (1997–2002, 2015), New Mexico State (2014), South Florida (2013) and Western Kentucky (2003–2012). He also coached at Cumberland University from 1994 to 1996 and Smryna High School from 1992 to 1993.
On December 9, 2019, Wells was hired as the 15th head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University.
On August 28, 2022, Walt Wells was hospitalized because he suffered a cardiac episode while at work. On August 29, 2022, Chief of Staff Garry McPeek had to be named acting head coach. On August 31, 2022, Wells was released from UK Hospital.
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Who is Walt Wells?
American football coach
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Walt Wells was born on 26 October 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Walt Wells is an american football coach.
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Walt Wells is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Walt Wells. https://biography.guide/walt-wells/
MLA: "Walt Wells." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/walt-wells/.
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