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Walter Stewart (born June 21, 1990) is an American football coach who is the Defense Line coach at University of Cincinnati. Walter is a Former Cincinnati standout Walter Stewart joined the NIU coaching staff in February 2018 as defensive line coach.

College Career
(2013 - 2014) University of Tennessee

Coaching career
(2015) Florida A&M Defensive Ends Coach (2016) - (2017) Eastern Kentucky University Defensive Line Coach Walter Stewart was chosen as EKU's defensive line coach in January 2016.

In his first season, Stewart helped a defense that allowed fewer passing yards than any EKU team since 2009 and fewer passing touchdowns (12) than any Colonel defense since 2005 (9). Also, under his guidance defensive end Aaron Patrick earned first team all-conference honors and was chosen as a Sophomore All-American by Hero Sports. Patrick was second in the Ohio Valley Conference and 42nd in the nation with 0.64 sacks per game. Over the final eight games of the 2016 season, EKU registered 21 sacks and for the season was 27th in FCS with 2.45 sacks per game. On Oct. 22, Eastern Kentucky’s defense held No. 2 Jacksonville State without an offensive touchdown, the first time a defense had done that to the Gamecocks since 2012. The Colonels also held JSU to 106 yards below their offensive average. (2018) Northern Illinois Defensive Line Coach Former Cincinnati standout Walter Stewart joined the NIU coaching staff in February 2018 as defensive line coach.

Prior to NIU, Stewart spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Eastern Kentucky as the defensive line coach. In 2015, Stewart coached the defensive ends at Florida A&M. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant defensive line coach at Tennessee from 2013-2015.

At Eastern Kentucky, Stewart’s defensive line racked up 53 total sacks in his two seasons, including 21 in 2016 when the Colonels ranked 27th in the FCS with 2.45 sacks per game and the team allowed the fewest passing touchdowns (12) since the 2005 season. In 2017, EKU ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in sacks. Two of his pupils earned first team all-conference players during his time at Eastern Kentucky.

At Tennessee, he helped coach a pair of All-SEC defensive linemen on the team that went on to play in the 2014 TaxSlayer Bowl.

In his playing career, Stewart was a defensive lineman at the University of Cincinnati for head coach Butch Jones. He earned the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman award his senior year in 2012 and was a two-time team captain. In his five years at Cincinnati, the Bearcats won four Big East Championships and made four bowl games, including the 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl and 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.

"I'm really excited to have Walter on staff,” said NIU Head Coach Rod Carey in announcing Stewart’s addition to the staff. “With his pedigree, from playing at Cincinnati to his time as a GA at Tennessee and then coaching at EKU, the new ideas and designs he brings will help bring our d-line to the next level."

Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Cincinnati in 2012. (2019 - 2021) Temple Defensive Line Coach

In his first season with the Owls, Stewart got the most out of a unit that proved to be deep and talented. Quincy Roche stole the headlines becoming the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Along the way he tied the school record with 13.0 sacks, and became the AAC's all-time sack leader with 26.0. Roche was not the only standout as senior DEs Dana Levine, Zack Mesday and DeAndre Kelly recorded their best seasons. Among the inside tackles, Ifeanyi Maijeh earned AAC first team honors with 6.5 sacks, 10.0 TFLs, among his 49 tackles.

Before coming to Philadelphia, Stewart coached the defensive line at NIU for one season under head coach Rod Carey. In 2018, NIU was second in the country behind Clemson with 50 sacks. He also coached back-to-back All-American defensive end Sutton Smith at NIU.

Prior to NIU, Stewart spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Eastern Kentucky as the defensive line coach. In 2015, Stewart coached the defensive ends at Florida A&M. (2022 - Present) University of Cincinnati Defensive Line Coach Walter Stewart begins his first season at Cincinnati in 2022 as the outside linebackers coach. Stewart comes back to UC as a coach after playing here from 2008-12 as a defensive lineman. He was a team captain and second-team All-BIG EAST selection as a senior in 2012. He played in 43 games, went to four bowls, won four BIG EAST championships and totaled 185 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks and eight forced fumbles. He ranks ninth in school history in career sacks and tied for second in forced fumbles. In his nine years of coaching, he has mentored two All-Americans, two conference defensive players of the year, one conference player of the year and 10 all-conference selections. His most recent stop in his coaching career was with Temple from 2019-21 as the defensive line coach. While at Temple, he helped lead the Owls to an 8-5 record and Military Bowl appearance in 2019. The Owls recorded 67 sacks in his 32-game span from 2019-21, including a 39-sack season in 2019 that ranked 16th nationally. He mentored defensive end Quincy Roche, who was named the 2019 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year after tying the school record with 13.0 sacks. Roche now plays for the New York Giants after being a 6th round draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He’s also coached defensive lineman Ifeanyi Maijeh, who earned First Team All-AAC honors in 2019 with 6.5 sacks, and defensive end Arnold Ebiketie, who earned 2020 Second Team All-AAC honors. Prior to his stop at Temple, Stewart served as the defensive line coach at Northern Illinois in 2018. NIU played in the Boca Raton Bowl and ended the year with the second-most sacks in the entire country (50), trailing only Clemson. Stewart also coached defensive end Sutton Smith, who was a back-to-back All-American. Before NIU, Stewart was at Eastern Kentucky for the 2016 and 2017 seasons as the defensive line coach. During his time at EKU in 2016-17, his defensive line totaled 53 sacks between the two seasons. In 2016, 21 Eastern Kentucky brought down the QB 21 times, averaging 2.45 sacks per game (27th in the FCS).

Family Life
He and his wife, Rebecca, have a daughter, Niya, and son, Nolan.