University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

A veteran coach and administer in the world of collegiate athletics and a local Detroiter, Tim Waller joined Mike Davis on the Titan staff in the summer of 2018 as the Director of Basketball Operations and just finished his fourth year with the red, white and blue in 2021-22. 
 
No stranger to coach Davis, Waller spent the prior six years (2012-2018) at Texas Southern alongside the Titan leader as the Tigers’ Executive Director of Operations, handling team travel arrangements, scheduling, budgeting and other duties as assigned for the TSU basketball program.
 
He was on staff for all five of Texas Southern postseason appearances with coach Davis at the helm, and with a background spanning nearly 35 years in collegiate coaching, he has now been a part of 14 regular season and conference tournament championships at five NCAA Division I schools.
 
His relationship with coach Davis goes back even further as prior to arriving at TSU, Waller was the Director of Basketball Operations for three years at UAB (2009-12). Working with coach Davis, the Blazers made a pair of postseason appearances and won a Conference USA regular-season title. 
 
Before uniting with coach Davis, he was the head coach at Stillman College for two seasons (2006-08) and that came after three years (2003-06) on the staff at Nebraska as the Director of Basketball Operations. 
 
Waller arrived in Nebraska after serving as head coach for five years (1998-03) at Knoxville College. In addition to coaching at Knoxville, Waller also held the title of Vice President of Student Affairs. While at Knoxville College, his teams tallied a 97-61 record over five seasons, including a school record for wins and winning percentage with a 23-8 record in 2001-02.
 
His other coaching stops have seen him as the associate head coach at Idaho State (1997-98) and an assistant coach at Central Michigan (1996-97), Alabama State (1995-96), Howard (1991-95), Miami (Ohio) (1984-91), Eastern Illinois (1982-84), Western Michigan (1979-82) and Elmhurst College (1978-79). 
 
His career has seem him earn numerous roles in the coaching community serving as regional director of the Black Coaches Association (1988-90) and Chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee (1989-90) of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. 
 
A native of Detroit, Waller earned a degree in Communications from Western Michigan in 1979.
 
He and his wife, Camille, were married in 2005 and their family includes sons Joel, Dale and Nate and daughters Kellie and Camille.