NEW MEXICO STATE HIRES WALKER, SEVEN BLACK COACHES IN I-A

New Mexico State has hired UCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker as its next head coach.Walker becomes the seventh African-American head coach in Division I-A college football. Two of the seven will be coaching in New Mexico; the University of New Mexico hired former Illinois assistant coach Mike Locksley early this month.Randy Shannon of Miami is still the only black head coach of a BCS program.Walker replaces Hal Mumme, who was fired at the end of the season. Walker has been UCLA’s defensive coordinator for the last three years and served as UCLA’s interim head coach for the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl.