Marcus Castro-Walker

Marcus Castro-Walker enters his sixth season as the director of college personnel for Sun Devil Football.
 
Castro-Walker began his time at Sun Devil Athletics with the Office of Student-Athlete Development (OSAD) in June 2008 as a graduate assistant while obtaining his Master’s Degree in Higher and Post-secondary Education at ASU. Upon Graduation (2011) from his Master’s program, Castro-Walker was hired full time to work with the football team as one of the three academic coaches that supports the program. In that role he was responsible for the academic development of football student-athletes for three seasons. He assisted students in securing necessary academic support and life skills training to assure quality academic decision making and to support their personal development.
 
Castro-Walker is a graduate of Eastern Washington University, where he earned his BA in Communication Studies. He was born in Toronto, Canada, where he then moved to Pullman, Washington to be with family Mike Walker (father) Canadian Football League coach, Kristen Walker (mother) Pullman High School track coach and teacher, Lucy Castro (mother), brother John (rest in peace) and two sisters Taylor (student-athlete at Eastern Washington University), and Payton.