Temple University Athletics
Football
Stewart, Walter
Walter Stewart
- Title:
- Defensive Line
- Email:
- walter.stewart@temple.edu
- Phone:
- 215-204-4694
Former Cincinnati standout Walter Stewart joined the Temple coaching staff in January 2019, as the defensive line coach.
In his first season with the Owls, Stewart  got the most out of a unit that proved to be deep and talented. Quincy Roche stole the headlines becoming the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Along the way he tied the school record with 13.0 sacks, and became the AAC's all-time sack leader with 26.0. Roche was not the only standout as senior DEs Dana Levine, Zack Mesday and DeAndre Kelly recorded their best seasons. Among the inside tackles, Ifeanyi Maijeh earned AAC first team honors with 6.5 sacks, 10.0 TFLs, among his 49 tackles.
Before coming to Philadelphia, Stewart coached the defensive line at NIU for one season under head coach Rod Carey. In 2018, NIU was second in the country behind Clemson with 50 sacks. He also coached back-to-back All-American defensive end Sutton Smith at NIU.
Prior to NIU, Stewart spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Eastern Kentucky as the defensive line coach. In 2015, Stewart coached the defensive ends at Florida A&M.
At Eastern Kentucky, Stewart’s defensive line racked up 53 total sacks in his two seasons, including 21 in 2016 when the Colonels ranked 27th in the FCS with 2.45 sacks per game. The team also allowed the fewest passing touchdowns (12) since the 2005 season. In 2017, EKU ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in sacks. Two of his pupils earned first team all-conference players during his time at Eastern Kentucky.
He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant defensive line coach at Tennessee from 2013-2014. At Tennessee, he helped coach a pair of All-SEC defensive linemen on the team that went on to play in the 2014 TaxSlayer Bowl.Â
In his playing career, Stewart was a defensive lineman at the University of Cincinnati for head coach Butch Jones. He earned the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman award his senior year in 2012 and was a two-time team captain. In his five years at Cincinnati, the Bearcats won four Big East Championships and made four bowl games, including the 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl and 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.
Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Cincinnati in 2012.
He and his wife, Rebecca, have a daughter, Niya, and son, Nolan.
In his first season with the Owls, Stewart  got the most out of a unit that proved to be deep and talented. Quincy Roche stole the headlines becoming the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Along the way he tied the school record with 13.0 sacks, and became the AAC's all-time sack leader with 26.0. Roche was not the only standout as senior DEs Dana Levine, Zack Mesday and DeAndre Kelly recorded their best seasons. Among the inside tackles, Ifeanyi Maijeh earned AAC first team honors with 6.5 sacks, 10.0 TFLs, among his 49 tackles.
Before coming to Philadelphia, Stewart coached the defensive line at NIU for one season under head coach Rod Carey. In 2018, NIU was second in the country behind Clemson with 50 sacks. He also coached back-to-back All-American defensive end Sutton Smith at NIU.
Prior to NIU, Stewart spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Eastern Kentucky as the defensive line coach. In 2015, Stewart coached the defensive ends at Florida A&M.
At Eastern Kentucky, Stewart’s defensive line racked up 53 total sacks in his two seasons, including 21 in 2016 when the Colonels ranked 27th in the FCS with 2.45 sacks per game. The team also allowed the fewest passing touchdowns (12) since the 2005 season. In 2017, EKU ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in sacks. Two of his pupils earned first team all-conference players during his time at Eastern Kentucky.
He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant defensive line coach at Tennessee from 2013-2014. At Tennessee, he helped coach a pair of All-SEC defensive linemen on the team that went on to play in the 2014 TaxSlayer Bowl.Â
In his playing career, Stewart was a defensive lineman at the University of Cincinnati for head coach Butch Jones. He earned the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman award his senior year in 2012 and was a two-time team captain. In his five years at Cincinnati, the Bearcats won four Big East Championships and made four bowl games, including the 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl and 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.
Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Cincinnati in 2012.
He and his wife, Rebecca, have a daughter, Niya, and son, Nolan.
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