Wade Hampton Walker (November 29, 1923 – December 18, 2013) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.

He played football as a tackle at the University of Oklahoma under head coaches Jim Tatum and Bud Wilkinson.

[2] In 47 Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma, author Harold Keith describes Walker as a "finesse player" who eschewed hip pads and wore low-top backfield shoes to reduce the weight of his equipment.

Teammate and fellow All-American Stan West said of Walker:[1]"I had the reputation of being the laziest man of all in our calisthenics drills, but I was chain lightning compared to him.

[9] The following year, Walker served as an assistant football coach with the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1951 to 1953 prior to his arrival at Mississippi State.

[13] In 1963, the Mississippi State basketball team won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

An assistant coach smuggled the team out of the state from a private airfield, and they met Walker and the rest of the staff before flying to Michigan to play Loyola.