Tim Walton (softball)

Tim Walton

Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Florida
Conference	SEC
Record	980–238 (.811)
Biographical details
Born	(1972-08-06) August 6, 1972 (age 52) Cerritos, California, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1992–1993	Cerritos
1994–1995	Oklahoma
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002	Oklahoma (asst.)
2003–2005	Wichita State
2006–present	Florida
2010–2011	USSSA Pride
Head coaching record
Overall	1,103–302 (.785)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Women's College World Series (2014, 2015) 6× SEC tournament (2008, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024) 8× SEC Regular Season (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015-2018, 2021) 5× SEC Eastern Division (2008-2011, 2013)
Awards
5× SEC Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017) NFCA Southeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)

Timothy Ian Walton (born August 6, 1972) is an American college softball coach and a former college and professional baseball player. Walton is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators softball team of the University of Florida.

He has a 839-182 (.822) record at Florida. He is a five-time SEC Coach of the Year and helped the Gators set the SEC single-season record wins at 27 and NCAA single-season record wins at 70 in 2008. Ten years later, he helped them set the NCAA record for the most walks at 360 that season.

Walton has led the Gators to 8 SEC regular season championships, 5 SEC championships, 14 Regional appearances, 12 Super Regional appearances, and 10 Women's College World Series appearances with back-to-back Women's College World Series Championships in 2014 and 2015. With that success, he and his coaching staff won the 2015 NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year and are five time NFCA Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year Selections. Walton has been able to breed 43 NFCA All-American honors, 62 All-SEC honors, 2 USA Softball Player of the Year recipients, 3 Honda Award winners, 10 SEC Player and Pitcher of the Year honorees, and one NFCA Freshman of the Year. Players under Coach Walton have excelled off the field with 18 CoSIDA Academic All-American honors, 127 appearances in the SEC Honor Roll, and 55 SEC Academic Honor Roll First-Year recipients.

Walton graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in history. He played professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1995 to 1997. He is married and has two sons and a daughter. ^[1]