Walt Bell enters his third season as UMass’ head coach in 2021.
Bell is from Dickson, Tennessee and played at Middle Tennessee State from 2003-06.
The Tennessee native launched his coaching career as a graduate assistant in 2007 at Louisiana–Lafayette during the spring. He joined Memphis’ staff in the fall of 2007 as a graduate assistant, a position he held through 2008 before becoming a quality control coach at Oklahoma State (2009).
Bell would earn his first position coaching opportunity at Southern Miss in 2011, overseeing wide receivers. The opportunity came after serving as a graduate assistant with the Golden Eagles in 2010.
He was tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at North Carolina (2012-13) before becoming an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas State from 2014-15.
Bell would then become an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the Power Five level with Maryland (2016-17) and Florida State (2018).
He joined the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days” to discuss entering year three at UMass. Bell discussed how he will call plays for the first time as UMass’ head coach in 2021, playing at Middle Tennessee State and his coaching career.
The third-year UMass head coach also discussed being a co-offensive coordinator with Glen Elarbee at Arkansas State. Elarbee is serving as offensive line coach on Josh Heupel’s Tennessee staff.
The show with Bell can be listened to here or below.
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