Walter Goffigan
	Position: Student-Athlete Academic Advisor Year at Coastal: Fourth

Walter Goffigan is starting his fourth year as a Student-Athlete Academic Advisor at Coastal Carolina University.

Joining the Coastal Carolina staff in August 2006, Goffigan has an extensive background with student-athletes, having spent the last three years at Kansas State University as the Program Director for Diversity and Life Skills Education. There, he directed and managed a comprehensive program to enhance the development of all student-athletes in the KSU Athletic Department and served as the Director of the Student-Athletes Advisory Committee.

Goffigan is a candidate for his master's degree in sports administration from Florida State University. While at FSU, he served as an academic counselor for the football program and assisted with the NCAA Life Skills program. He also worked as a volunteer coach at Laramie High School and the University of Wyoming, as well as serving as an academic advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Wyoming for one year and the athletic department for two years. He has also worked several years as a counselor and on numerous community service projects over the last 15 years.

Goffigan started his collegiate career at Wyoming as a football player from 1980-84. While there, he was a four-year starter at running back and set the school record for career rushing yards, while earning All-Western Athletic Conference honors three times and Sporting News Second Team All-American honors once. He earned his bachelor's in liberal arts from Wyoming in 1997.

Goffigan and his wife Julie have four children: Ryan (23), Joshua (21), Alyssa (20) and Spencer (17).