Rex Andrew Walters (born March 12, 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a retired American professional basketball player and current men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco.
Walters played collegiately at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Kansas, where he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993. The 6'4" (1.93 m) shooting guard was selected by the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Net...
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Rex Andrew Walters (born March 12, 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a retired American professional basketball player and current men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco.
Walters played collegiately at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Kansas, where he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993. The 6'4" (1.93 m) shooting guard was selected by the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets with the 16th pick in the 1993 NBA Draft. Walters played in the league from 1993 until 2000. He was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in his third season and he also played briefly with the Miami Heat. After leaving the NBA, Walters played for León and Gran Canaria in Spain. In addition to his playing career, Walters had a minor role in the 1994 film Blue Chips. Walters is multiracial; he is half white and half Japanese.
From 2006–2008, Walters served as the men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. In April 2008, he accepted a...
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