David Walkosky has been named Head Football Coach at Tiffin University, taking over for departing coach Nate Cole. 

"I welcome the opportunity to guide the football program,” Walkosky, who most recently served as Assistant Coach at Washington State University, said. “It was important to me to coach somewhere we had an opportunity to win. It was also important to me who I would be coaching for and who I would be coaching with. I was impressed with Tiffin’s facilities, and I was also familiar with the area.”  

"Tiffin University is fortunate to have someone as qualified as David Walkosky to lead our football program. As we enter the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, we are confident that Coach Walkosky will continue our tradition of excellence by focusing on high standards for our student-athletes, both on and off the field," said Tiffin Univesity President Paul Marion. 

“We are pleased David is joining the football program,” said Lonny Allen, Athletic Director. “With his experience, he was the right person for the position. He has a background of success at the Division I level that he is well-suited to implement at TU as the program moves to the next level as we enter the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.”

Walkosky was a defensive coach for the University of Toledo from 1999-2006, working with the defensive secondary and the linebackers as well as special teams. Prior to that he was Defensive Coordinator at the University of Tennessee at Martin, while also coaching both defense and offense at the University of Memphis and Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania.  

During his eight seasons at Toledo, the Rockets produced eight winning seasons, appeared in four bowl games, won two Mid-American Conference Championships and six MAC West Division titles. In 2006, Toledo's secondary intercepted 11 passes, returning three for touchdowns. In 2006 Toledo's defense ranked No. 1 in the MAC in both scoring (21.8) and total defense (316.8). Walkosky's special teams units were also a key part of UT's success. In 2003, the Rockets finished third in the nation in punt returns (16.1 yards/return), and fifth in net punting (42.9). 

Prior to Toledo, Walkosky spente two seasons at Tennessee-Martin (1997-98), the first as special teams coordinator and running backs coach followed by one year as the team's defensive coordinator. Walkosky began his college career at Toledo as a walk-on, eventually earning a scholarship and a starting position at free safety his junior season. As a senior in 1990, Walkosky was the second-leading tackler on a UT squad that was MAC co-champion. 

Walkosky has 16 years of collegiate coaching experience, with his teams ranked in the top 10 defensively three times. He has also been part of four championships in the last six years. While at the University of Toledo, Walkosky recruited 8 starters on the 2004 MAC Championship team, as well as signed 24 players in five years as the team posted a record of 46-14 over that stretch. 

Walkosky, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, earned his Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Toledo, where he was a starting free safety for the 1990 MAC Championship team. He also obtained his Master's degree in Athletic Administration from the University of Memphis. He, his wife Wendy, and sons Paulo and Nicolo plan on residing in Tiffin.