Walker Hennon enters his first season with Florida Tech Baseball during the 2026 season. Hennon will serve as the Panthers hitting and defensive coach while assisting in the day-to-day baseball operations.
Hennon joins Florida Tech after spending the 2024 and 2025 seasons as an assistant coach at Flagler College, where he worked with hitters and all defensive positions, in addition to serving as the team’s first base coach. In 2024, he helped guide Saints infielder Payton Palladino to a finalist nod for the Division II Gold Glove Award. That same season, Flagler posted its highest team fielding percentage since 2018.
Offensively, Hennon helped lead the Saints to one of their best seasons at the plate in nearly a decade. In 2024, Flagler recorded its highest batting average, most runs scored, and most extra-base hits in a single season since joining the Peach Belt Conference.
“I am extremely thankful for Coach Tam giving me the opportunity to join his staff here at Florida Tech”, said Hennon. “I am very excited to get to work alongside him to learn and grow as a coach. I can't wait to get to work with the Scholar-Athletes to help provide them with a positive college athletics experience".
Prior to beginning his coaching career, Hennon was an infielder at Lincoln Memorial University from 2017-23. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science in 2021 and an MBA in Sports Management in 2023. His off-the-field success accumulated in multiple Dean's List honors and being named an Academic All-American in 2020.
Outside of collegiate baseball, Hennon served as head coach of the Rochester Ridgemen of the NYCBL during the summer of 2025 and trains youth baseball players across the Southeast. He comes from a strong baseball lineage—his father, Rodney Hennon, has been the head coach at Division I Georgia Southern University since 1999.
