Ryan Walker

Having trained under and been mentored by QB Coach Joe Dickinson, Coach Walker has had the opportunity to work with some of the nation’s top up and coming quarterbacks.

Coach Walker played arena football during the 2015 and 2016 seasons before an injury ended his professional football career.

In 2014, with one year of football participation eligibility remaining, Coach Walker enrolled as a graduate student at Florida International University and joined the Panther football program as one of the teams quarterbacks. Prior to his time at Florida International University, Coach Walker attended Jacksonville University where he earned a Bachelor degree in Exercise Science with a Minor in Coaching. Coach Walker was a QB and WR on the Jacksonville University Dolphins football team under Head Coach Kerwin Bell. In his final year at Jacksonville University, as wide receiver, Coach Walker led the PFL Conference with 24.7 yards per catch.

After completion of his senior internship, Coach Walker secured employment as a Personal Trainer with SET Performance, an elite training facility specializing in athletes at all levels, high school, college, and professional. At SET Performance Coach Walker trained/trained with professional athletes Xavier Brewer (Dallas Cowboys & Jacksonville Sharks), CJ Brewer (San Francisco 49'ers), Justin Blackmon (Jacksonville Jaguars), Greg Jones (Houston Texans), Tony Pashos (Oakland Raiders), Tyson Aluala (Jacksonville Jaguars), as well as collegiate athletes Jarrod Fields (Oklahoma State University), Casey Czapla (Jacksonville University), and Travis Makauskas (Ave Maria University).

Coach Walker developed a private client base during his final year at Jacksonville University where he provided individual position technique training to high school athletes. As a part of this training Coach Walker established a baseline testing format and periodically tested his clientele to determine growth. Coach Walker placed great focus on the mental aspect of the QB and WR positions to ensure his clients a competitive edge.

Recognizing the impact coaches and mentors have on the lives of high school student athletes, Coach Walker has been affiliated with a Jacksonville non-profit organization, City Streets to Student Athletes, as a volunteer coach from 2011-2015. Coach Walker assisted in the off season training of high school athletes in the areas of strength, conditioning, resistance, and agility. Coach Walker also provided the QB's and WR's with skill specific technique training.

Coach Walker graduated from Arlington Country Day High School in 2010 where he was a member of the football team as QB, WR, and TE. Coach Walker previously attended Mandarin High School and was QB for the football team. Coach Walker was coached/mentored at Mandarin by Head Coach Jermaine (J.D.) Hall (Bethune Cookman QB and record holder) after his family relocated from Clearwater, Florida.