Jamall Walker is beginning his sixth year as an assistant coach for the Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball team. He came over with John Groce from Ohio University in April 2012, and was retained by Brad Underwood in March.
Walker has made plenty of rounds in the college basketball world. After playing at St. Louis University from 1996-1999, he spent the first few years of the 2000s coaching high school and junior college basketball. His first Division I coaching job was at Ball State, where he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2005-06. He then spent one year each as an assistant coach in 2007 and 2008 at St.