Bio

Quintin Walker returns to Gulf Coast after spending two years coaching on the collegiate and high school levels. The Bulldogs alum left Perk to be an assistant coach for the women’s soccer team at the University of Louisiana in 2024-25, where the team set program records for winning percentage and longest winning streak.

He took over as head girls coach at Ocean Springs in July 2025 and led the Greyhounds the Region 4-7A title before advancing to the state semifinals. It was the first time the school had reached the semis since 2022, and OSHS finished with an 18-6-1 record, the most wins since 2021 and one of only three teams to record that many wins in school history.

Walker has seven seasons as a Bulldog assistant for the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

In 2023, he was with the women’s team, helping them win seven more games than the previous season and advancing to the postseason for the first time in three seasons.

In the spring 2021 season, he was part of a coaching staff that helped lead Gulf Coast to the MACCC South title. The Bulldogs also won back-to-back division titles in 2016 and 2017 without dropping a South game. He’s been on the staff of three teams that have reached the MACCC championship game.

The women’s team advanced to the MACCC semifinals in spring 2021, where the Bulldogs lost to eventual national runner-up Holmes. The 2018 team played in the MACCC championship game, and the team made it to the semifinals the two prior seasons.

In 2022, he coached with Alabama FC’s W League team in Birmingham. The Legion brought in U.S. and international players and had a player drafted by the National Women’s Soccer League.

He also worked as a sports scientist for two years with STATSports, which specializes in wearable monitoring devices. Walker worked with the Jamaica national team, as well as MLS, NWSL, USL Championship and MLS Next Pro teams.

Walker started his collegiate playing career at Lipscomb in 2010-12, then transferred to Gulf Coast for the 2013-14 season. He completed his collegiate career at Mississippi College, where he helped the team to a top-10 ranking nationally.

Walker, who holds a USSF D coaching license and is pursuing a C license, went on to play at Mississippi College. He played a season professionally in Brazil with Duque de Caxias. He finished his bachelor’s in education at William Carey.

He is the college placement director with South Mississippi Soccer Club, Walker was a Mississippi Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program Staff Coach who has had four players selected to the regional pool/team.

He and his wife Monique have a son, Lennox.