Wally King

Biography

Wally King was named an assistant coach in 2024. King joins Brown having most recently served as the assistant coach at Madonna University. King spent two seasons in charge of hitting and infield at Madonna and helped lead the school to a 54-6 record in 2023-24 and a spot in the NAIA World Series. Under King's guidance, Madonna was nationally ranked in the top-10 in 10 different offensive categories, finishing second in both triples and runs scored and third in RBI and walks. Prior to Madonna, King served as the head coach at Furman University. In 2018, King led the Paladins to a 41-15 record which was the second highest total in school history and the most by a Furman team since 1988. King, who spent the 2017 season as an assistant coach at the University of South Florida helped lead the Bulls to a 32-24 overall record and 9-8 mark in the American Athletic Conference after serving as head coach at Division II Ferris State (Mich.) the previous year. During his tenure with Ferris State, King guided the Bulldogs to a 36-18 mark and the school's first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) tournament appearance in three years. Ferris State's 36 wins in King's lone season in charge represented a 20-win improvement from 2015. Only four programs in the nation boasted a 20+ win increase, putting the program in elite company. King was the associate head softball coach at Syracuse University from 2008-13, helping to guide the Orange to four straight 30-win seasons and