ABOUT
WALKER SPORTS ACADEMY IS A SPORTS COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ELITE QUARTERBACK TRAINING , SPEED & AGILITY TRAINING , AND SPORT SPECIFIC TRAINING TO THE JACKSONVILLE AREA AS WELLL AS NATIONWIDE.
MEET THE TEAM
OUR COACHES BRING UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE TO OUR ATHLETES, HAVING BEEN FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS AND COACHES, AS WELL AS COMPETITORS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THEIR EXPERTISE IS SECOND TO NONE, SHAPED BY GUIDANCE FROM SOME OF THE GREATEST MINDS IN FOOTBALL AND SPORTS!
OWNER / HEAD COACH
RYAN WALKER
RYAN WALKER IS A SEASONED FOOTBALL COACH AND FORMER PLAYER WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN COACHING. WITH STOPS AT THE DIVISION 1 AND 2 LEVELS AND VOLUNTEERING IN THE NFL, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME AND POSITION TO HIS ATHLETES!
WALKER HAS EXPERIENCE TRAINING ATHLETES AT VARIOUS LEVELS, INCLUDING HIS TENURE AT DEBARTOLO SPORTS QB ACADEMY, WHERE HE MENTORED NUMEROUS DIVISION I QUARTERBACKS ALONG WITH SOME NFL QUARTERBACKS. MOST NOTABLE BEING FIRST-ROUND PICK MAC JONES OF ALABAMA AND NATIONAL CHAMPION. HIS COACHING CAREER BEGAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND HE EVENTUALLY BECAME AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND QUARTERBACKS COACH AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
WALKER PLAYED BOTH QUARTERBACK AND TIGHT END AT JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND HAD A BRIEF PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH THE JACKSONVILLE SHARKS IN THE AFL. HE HOLDS A DEGREE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE FROM JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SPORTS ADMINISTRATION FROM GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY. WALKER AND HIS WIFE, THERESA, HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND CURRENTLY RESIDE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
COACHING STOPS
2024 - ECSU - OC/QB'S (D2)
2023 - U OF DELAWARE - ANALYST / ASST. WR'S (D1)
2022 - UNC PEMBROKE - WR'S / SPT COORD. (D2)
2020-21 - GRAMBLING ST. - TE/QB'S/INTERIM OC (D1)
2017 - PITTSBURGH STEELERS - VOLUNTEER (NFL)
2015-2019 - VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS
QUARTERBACK COACH
MATT CONSIDINE
MATT CONSIDINE BRINGS A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF EXPEREINCE OF QUARTERBACK PLAY AND TRAINING TO WALKER SPORTS. HAVING BEEN TRAINED AND COACH BY COACH WALKER, COACH CONSIDINE IS WELL REFINED WITH QUARTERBACK TECHNIQUE AND X'S & O'S.
MOST RECENTLY (2024) COACH CONSIDINE WAS COACHING RUNNING BACKS AT ECSU (D2) AND HELPED LEAD THE VIKINGS TO AVERAGING OVER 4 YPC AND INCREASED THEIR RUSHING TDS BY FOUR TIMES THE PREVIOUS SEASON. PRIOR TO COACHING, COACH CONSIDINE PLAYED AT TOLEDO, SAGINAW VALLEY, HOLY CROSS, AND WAKE FOREST.
AT SAGINAW VALLEY STATE COACH CONSIDINE PLAYED IN FIVE GAMES FOR THE CARDINALS, COMPLETING 77 OF 158 PASSES FOR 986 YARDS AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS. HE THREW FOR A SEASON-HIGH 270 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AT FERRIS STATE PRIOR TO GETTING INJURED FOR THE YEAR.
AT HOLY CROSS, CONSIDINE BROUGHT A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HOME BY FINISHING UP AS THE STARTER AND DOMINATING IN THE NCAA PLAYOFF GAME AT MONMOUTH, CONNECTING ON 20 OF 37 PASSES FOR 196 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS, AND RUSHED THREE TIMES FOR 21 YARDS AND ANOTHER SCORE.
HIGH SCHOOL CONSIDINE FINISHED 17-2 AS A STARTER; LED ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY TO ITS FIRST UNDEFEATED SEASON AND THE NORTH FLORIDA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. NAMED TO THE 2016 NFFC ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-SOUTHERN DIVISION TEAMS; INCLUDED ON THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION 2017 TOP-TEN LIST OF SCHOLAR ATHLETES; HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE FLORIDA ATHLETIC COACHES ASSOCIATION DISTRICT SIX ALL-DISTRICT TEAM.
COACHING STOPS
2024 - ECSU - RB'S (D2)
QUARTERBACK COACH
JEFF GONOS
JEFF BRINGS OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL OPERATIONS, DRIVEN BY A DEEP PASSION FOR THE GAME. HIS CAREER INCLUDES WORK WITH THE CAROLINA PANTHERS (NFL), AMSTERDAM ADMIRALS (NFL EUROPE), AND MULTIPLE ARENA FOOTBALL TEAMS. HE ALSO SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF THE PROFESSIONAL INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LEAD A SPORTS PERFORMANCE TRAINING FACILITY IN MECHANICSVILLE, VA.
BY THE AGE OF 30, JEFF HAD ALREADY EARNED TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS—ONE IN NFL EUROPE AND ANOTHER IN ARENA FOOTBALL. HE HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE COACH WALKER FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AT DEBARTOLO QB TRAINING AND HAS PERSONAL PLAYING EXPERIENCE AS A QUARTERBACK AT BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND NCAA LEVELS. NOW BASED IN HAMILTON, GA, JEFF LEVERAGES HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE AND NETWORK TO TRAIN QUARTERBACKS AND ATHLETES IN SPEED AND AGILITY. HE ALSO HOLDS A USAW CERTIFICATION IN PERFORMANCE TRAINING, SPECIALIZING IN WEIGHTLIFTING, SPEED, AND AGILITY DEVELOPMENT.