Fred Walker enters his first season as assistant quarterbacks coach with the Raiders in 2024, having spent the past two seasons (2022-23) as the team's offensive assistant.
In 2023, Walker helped mentor rookie QB Aidan O'Connell, who threw for 12 touchdowns and 2,218 yards on 213 completions. He saw O'Connell become the first rookie in franchise history to have a 100.0+ passer rating in multiple games (3) of his rookie season, while also tying the rookie club record with four passing touchdowns in a single game. Over the last four weeks of the season, O'Connell threw eight touchdowns and zero interceptions, becoming just the third Raiders quarterback since 1970 to throw eight touchdowns and zero interceptions over a four-game span – joining Ken Stabler and Derek Carr.
In 2022, Walker helped an offense that ranked No. 5 in the NFL in scoring percentage, scoring on 73-of-172 of the team's offensive possessions, a mark that ranked fifth in the league and was the second highest for a Raiders offense since 2001. He also saw quarterback Derek Carr complete 305-of-502 passes for 3,522 yards and 24 touchdowns and be named to his fourth Pro Bowl.
Prior to entering the NFL coaching ranks, Walker spent 11 seasons coaching at the college level.
In 2021, Walker served as the quarterbacks coach at Massachusetts after one year coaching wide receivers for Murray State in 2020.
Walker served as an offensive assistant at Duke from 2018-19, where he worked primarily with the quarterbacks. Under Walker's guidance, QB Daniel Jones was a two-time team Most Valuable Player with the Blue Devils and finished his final season completing 237-of-392 passes (60 percent) for 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions, while rushing for 319 yards and three TDs.
During the 2017 season, Walker served as wide receivers coach at Tennessee Tech, where he helped WR Dontez Byrd earn All-OVC first team honors after setting new school records for receptions (78) and receiving yards (1,003), while ranking 10th nationally for receptions per game (7.1) and 18th in receiving yards per game (91.2).
Walker spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Troy University from 2015-16. In 2016, he helped QB Brandon Silvers and RB Jordan Chunn earn first team All-Sun Belt honors.
While in his assistantship with Mississippi State, Walker helped coach the Bulldogs' wide receivers from 2011-2012 before working primarily with the quarterbacks from 2013-2015. During his tenure, he guided QB Dak Prescott, who set school records for rushing yards by a quarterback (986), total offense (4,435), total touchdowns (41), completion percentage (.62), passing yards (3,449), 200-yard passing games (12) and passing touchdowns (27) in 2014.
Among his other duties at Mississippi State, he helped break down opponent film and develop scouting reports, was the offensive signal caller during games, and helped build the offensive playbook.
PERSONAL: A native of Canton, Miss., Walker graduated from Mississippi State in 2014 with a degree in kinesiology…He earned a graduate degree in criminal justice from Troy in 2016… He is married to his wife, Jamie.
