Justin Walker enters his second season as an assistant coach on the Lindenwood men's basketball staff in 2025-26.
Under the guidance of Walker, Lindenwood posted their most wins since the 2018-19 season and their most conference wins since the 2020-21 season. The Lions boasted the third best turnover margin in the OVC with a 2.09. Lindenwood forced teams into 484 turnovers which ranked the second most by a team in the conference. OVC Freshman of the Year and All-OVC Second Team Selection Jadis Jones was selected as the OVC Freshman of the Week 12 times breaking a 22-year-old OVC record. Markieth Browning II was also named to the All-OVC Second Team
Walker joins the Lions' staff after one season at Wabash Valley College where he helped the Warriors to a 17-11 record and a 10-6 conference record. During his tenure, the Warriors made it to the District Tournament Championship before losing to Vincennes University.
Prior to his time at Wabash Valley, Walker was on the staff at fellow Ohio Valley Conference member Eastern Illinois for two seasons. During his tenure, he helped the Panthers transform their lineup under then new head coach Marty Simmons with nine new players. EIU also had 16 starting lineups during that first season, the fifth most in Division I.
Walker was the head coach at Bloomington High School from 2019-21. He was on the Southern Illinois coaching staff for five years prior to Bloomington. Under head coach Barry Hinson, Walker was an assistant coach for two years. He also worked as the Director of Operation for two seasons and was a graduate assistant for one season.
In 2010, Walker earned a Bachelor's Degree at Carthage College before receiving his second Bachelor's Degree from Eastern Illinois in 2012.
