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Report: Former OSU QB Walsh joins Abilene Christian coaching staff

Former Oklahoma State quarterback J.W. Walsh has accepted a position as Abilene Christian's running backs coach, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle.

Walsh, who spent this past season as an offensive graduate assistant with TCU and will coach the Horned Frogs through their bowl game, played for the Cowboys from 2011-15, posting 26 total touchdowns in 2015 as OSU's red-zone quarterback.

Vacay tweet: Confirmed w/John Walsh that GA @coachwalshtcu has accepted RB coach gig at Abilene Christian. Will coach TCU bowl game. #txhsfb

— Adam Boedeker (@aboedeker) December 22, 2016

The ACU position will be Walsh's first full-time coaching gig in a postgraduate career that seemed destined for coaching during his time at OSU.