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Clark Atlanta hires ex-NBA player, coach

Darrell Walker, who played and coached in the NBA, has been hired to lead the men's basketball program at Clark Atlanta.
Darrell Walker, who played and coached in the NBA, has been hired to lead the men's basketball program at Clark Atlanta.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 20, 2016

Former NBA player Darrell Walker, who won a championship with the Chicago Bulls and later served as a coach in the league, has been hired to lead the Clark Atlanta men's basketball program.

Walker, 55, played 10 seasons in the NBA and was a member of the 1992-93 Chicago Bulls championship squad. He later coached the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards and also coached the Washington franchise in the WNBA.

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