Why did Carson Walch leave the NFL for New Mexico?
Carson Walch was a believer almost from the start. In 2007, Division II Winona State, a small public school in southeast Minnesota, was looking for a new offensive line coach. As the Warriors’ first-year assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and receivers coach, Walch sat in to help interview Jason Eck, a candidate for the gig after spending the last three years at Idaho.
If he wasn’t ...
Carson Walch was a believer almost from the start. In 2007, Division II Winona State, a small public school in southeast Minnesota, was looking for a new offensive line coach. As the Warriors’ first-year assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and receivers coach, Walch sat in to help interview Jason Eck, a candidate for the gig after spending the last three years at Idaho.
If he wasn’t hired immediately, Walch liked what he heard. “I knew we had some other guys to interview,” Walch remembered, “but I figured right away, like, there’s no way someone’s gonna come in this room and outduel him. ” Nobody did — and Eck got the job.
What Walch saw in his two seasons working with him only confirmed those initial instincts. “The culture shift in our offensive line room, that really bled into our entire offense,” he said. “We were a team to be reckoned with up front, and then it just kind of spilled out.