Rams Hire Tim Walton For DC

[Giantmetfan07]

Tim Walton Hired as Rams Defensive Coordinator


A seven-week search that featured big names like Rob Ryan and Mike Singletary apparently has ended with the Rams choosing 41-year-old Detroit assistant Tim Walton as defensive coordinator.

Walton accepted an offer Tuesday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the deal could be finalized by week's end. Walton was defensive backs/third down package coach for the Lions. He has two years of coordinator experience at the college level (Miami, 2008; Memphis, 2007).

Walton also is familiar with the Rams' scheme. He worked under Lions coach Jim Schwartz, who was Jeff Fisher's defensive coordinator for eight years in Tennessee. And Walton worked with Fisher's son, Brandon, in Detroit in 2011.

When defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended in the bounty scandal, the Rams used a coordinator-by-committee approach in 2012. St. Louis' defense improved from 22nd to 14th overall. Fisher tried to hire Walton last season as assistant defensive coordinator/passing game, but he stayed in Detroit and got a new title, according to the report.

The Rams nearly gave the job to Ryan before both sides agreed it wasn't a fit. Then they interviewed Singletary and former Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron.While Walton is less experienced, he'll be working with the defensive-minded Fisher and assistant head coach Dave McGinnis.

 

[RipCity32]

I just don't get how the Lions DB coach proved himself worthy of a defensive coordinator spot lol.

 

[Hurricane Season]

Yet another former Canes coach. []_[]