Dons Roll In First Exhibition

11/06/08 - Dons Begin Rebuilding Under Walters
By Janie McCauley, AP Among the first things Rex Walters did when hired to coach San Francisco was bring back the old uniforms - the 1950s "U.S.F." duds Bill Russell and K.C. Jones wore during the glory days.

10/27/08 - Coach points USF in a whole new direction
By Will Reisman, San Francisco Examiner New University of San Francisco men's basketball coach Rex Walters was the unanimous choice of the university's search committee, in part due to his experience with several coaching legends.

5/29/08 - Walters Can Fix USF - San Francisco Examiner Rex Walters faces a Herculean task in restoring USF men's basketball to its one-time glory, but the Dons' new coach seems to have the energy and vision to carry it out. As we talked in his office this week, the 38-year-old often cited the Dons' tradition, including back-to-back NCAA titles with the Bill Russell-led teams in the mid-1950s.