Before coming to Wake Forest, Walter held head coaching positions at George Washington from 1997–2004 and New Orleans from 2005–2009.

[2][3][4] Outside NCAA baseball, Walter served as the assistant general manager of the minor league Greensboro Bats from 1995–1996.

[2] Walter received national media attention prior to the 2011 season for donating his kidney to Wake Forest baseball player Kevin Jordan.

In his senior year of high school, Jordan had developed ANCA vasculitis, a condition that severely affected his kidneys.

After Jordan enrolled at Wake Forest in fall 2010, the condition did not improve, and by January 2011 he required a kidney transplant.