Mike Walley

Biography

Mike Walley joined John Griffin's staff in 2023-24 as the director of basketball operations. Walley was a two-sport standout in both basketball and baseball at The College of New Jersey, and he came to Bucknell after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at Saint Joseph’s while working toward an MBA degree. At Saint Joe’s, Walley assisted with practice and player development, he was involved with gameday preparations and scouting reports, and he managed logistics in the areas of travel itinerary, food operations, and daily practice planning. During the 2020-21 academic year, Walley was an assistant basketball and baseball coach at Notre Dame High School in New Jersey and also worked as a volunteer manager with the Princeton men’s basketball team. A 2020 graduate of TCNJ with a degree in economics, Walley was a key contributor on the Lions’ New Jersey Athletic Conference championship team during his senior year. The squad finished 20-9 and won a first-round NCAA Tournament game. Walley also played baseball at TCNJ and was a starting pitcher on NJAC championship teams in 2017 and 2019.