MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia High School football coaching legend David Walker has stepped down as the head coach of the Concord University Mountain Lions. Walker made the announcement Friday evening on social media.
Per his Facebook: Dave Walker has officially resigned as head coach at Concord University. Walker ends his tenure at Athens with a 13-8 record and led CU to their first winning season since 2014 this past season. @EPSportsNetwork @MetroNewsPrep @WVMetroNews @cumountainlions pic.twitter.com/OZVAAbLWaS
— Riley Griffith/Parker Stone (@RileyGriffith12) May 12, 2023
Walker began his tenure at CU on December 23, 2019, just weeks after leading Martinsburg High School to a fourth consecutive Class AAA state championship.
Concord played just one game in Walker’s first season due to COVID. After a 4-6 season in 2021, Walker led the Mountain Lions to a 9-2 season in 2022. CU narrowly missed out on an NCAA postseason berth. Concord finished third in Division II in total offense (485.6 yards per game) and eighth in scoring offense (39.5 points per game).
Walker led Martinsburg to eight Class AAA state championships in a ten-year span from 2010-2019. He won his last 56 games as head coach of the Bulldogs. Walker owns 304 career victories at the high school level after starting out as the head coach at East Hardy.
Walker’s former top assistant coach Britt Sherman took the reins of the Bulldog program in 2020. He resigned from that post last month after posting a 28-5 record with a state championship in 2021.
The new head coach at Martinsburg is expected to be announced at Monday’s regularly scheduled Berkeley County Board of Education meeting.
From the Berkeley County School’s BOE agenda for this upcoming Monday’s meeting. There has been a hire for the position of Martinsburg Football head coach.#wvprepfb @MetroNewsPrep pic.twitter.com/UL3fatwB2K
— Panhandle Sports Live! – Panhandle News Network (@EPSportsNetwork) May 12, 2023