His run game was so strong, in fact, that only one season in Walker's entire time at Northwestern did he fail to coach a 1000-yard rusher. Unlike most other spread offenses, Walker's featured a very strong running game. In 2000, Walker overhauled the offense and introduced the spread formation. Randy Walker had a 37–46 career record at Northwestern. However, he never won the Mid-American Conference Championship. Walker finished with 59–35–5 record including several victories over ranked opponents from major conference such as #25 Northwestern in 1995, #12 Virginia Tech in 1997 and #12 North Carolina in 1998. This team was led by record-breaking running back Travis Prentice. Walker made steady improvement in his nine years, culminating with a 10–1 record in his last year with the RedHawks. In his first year the Redskins posted a 5–5–1 record, which was a vast improvement for a team that had only won two games in the two previous years. Walker became Miami's 30th head coach, succeeding Tim Rose whose contract was not renewed. Walker was an assistant coach for the Miami Redskins (1976–1977 running backs), then the University of North Carolina Tar Heels (running backs coach 1978–1981 quarterbacks coach 1982–1985 offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 1985–1987), and finally the Northwestern Wildcats (1988–1989 running backs). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals ( 1976 13th round), but chose to become an assistant coach instead. In his senior year Walker was named the team's most valuable player. Miami also went to the Tangerine Bowl (presently the Capital One Bowl) where they beat Florida in 1973, Georgia in 1974 and South Carolina in 1975. Miami won the Mid-American Conference in all three years. In his three years the team went 32–1–1 and was ranked #15 in 1973, #10 in 1974 and #12 in 1975. His teammates included former Illinois coach Ron Zook and NFL standouts Rob Carpenter and Sherman Smith. He played three seasons at fullback for the Miami Redskins in Oxford under head coaches Bill Mallory and Dick Crum. He received recruiting offers from Big Ten schools like Northwestern University and Ohio State University, but choose instead to follow his high school sweetheart, Tammy, to Miami University (Tammy was a year older and already there). Walker had a standout season his last year in high school for the Troy Trojans in Troy, Ohio.

Walker won 59 games at Miami, more than noted coaches who preceded him such as Sid Gillman, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Bill Mallory, and Ara Parseghian. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1990 to 1998 and at Northwestern University from 1999 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 96–81–5. Walker (– June 29, 2006) was an American football player and coach. American football player (1954–2006) Randy Walker

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