17 Facts About Jim Walden

Jim Walden was born on April 10,1938 and is an American former gridiron football player and coach.

Jim Walden was drafted by both the Cleveland of the NFL and Denver Broncos in the first AFL Draft in 1960.

Jim Walden was offered more money by the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and elected to sign in the CFL.

Jim Walden played several seasons in Canada as a backup quarterback.

Jim Walden began his coaching career in 1964 when was hired as the head football coach at Amory High School in Amory, Mississippi.

Jim Walden followed Warren Powers, another Devaney assistant, to Washington State University in Pullman as offensive backfield coach in 1977 and when Powers left for the University of Missouri after the season, Jim Walden succeeded him as head coach of the Cougars.

That season, Jim Walden was selected as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

Jim Walden had 47 scholarship players on his 1989 squad that he brought to Lincoln to play Nebraska on October 28.

In retrospect, Jim Walden said he was "too dumb" to leave.

In 1992, Jim Walden installed the triple-option offense and had mixed results.

The victory was even more improbable because Jim Walden was starting his third-string quarterback, Marv Seiler, for the first time.

Jim Walden ended the 1993 campaign starting a walk-on quarterback, Jeff St Clair.

Jim Walden began his weekly press conference by handing out the records of Dennis Erickson, Johnny Majors, and Earle Bruce while they were at Washington State and Iowa State.

Jim Walden claimed that he was as good a coach or better than Erickson, Majors, and Bruce.

The difference was, according to Jim Walden, they left for better schools while he stayed at Iowa State.

Jim Walden was allowed to coach his final three games by the university, but banned from coaching his last game at Colorado because of criticizing the officials after the Kansas State game.

Jim Walden made an ominous statement about coaches who stay at Iowa State:.