EASTON, Pa. – Wali Lundy, who spent the last two seasons as an assistant football coach at Pace University, has been named the running backs coach at Lafayette.
 
While at Pace, Lundy saw running back Jhalen Bien-Aime run for 922 yards and seven touchdowns in a 7-3 season.  That followed a 1000-yard rushing campaign with seven touchdowns by Bien-Aime in Lundy's first season with the NCAA Division II school which competes in the Northeast-10 Conference.
 
"I am excited to add Wali Lundy to our coaching staff. He is from South Jersey and brings strong recruiting ties to the important border state of New Jersey," said John Garrett, the Fred M. Kirby '42 Head Football Coach. "With his college and pro playing experience coupled with his familiarity with our recruiting footprint, Wali will be a great addition to our program. We welcome his wife Anjoinette and baby Xavier to our Lafayette football family."
 
Lundy attended the University of Virginia where he earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors his senior season of 2006, serving as a captain from 2005 to 2006. He left as the conference's all-time leading scorer in terms of touchdowns with 52, a mark he held for a decade. Lundy played in 49 games at Virginia, rushing for 3,193 yards, the fifth-highest total ever in school history, and 4,497 all-purpose yards. He secured Freshman All-America laurels in 2002. Lundy's collegiate playing career overlapped with Garrett who was the Virginia wide receivers coach from 2004-07.
 
An NFL career followed in 2006-07 with the Houston Texans. Lundy was the starting running back his rookie season and also played on special teams with the Texans. He ran for 476 yards and four touchdowns in his rookie season.
 
Lundy attended Virginia from 2002-2006 and finished his degree in Sociology at Arizona State in 2017.  
 
A native of Burlington, New Jersey, Lundy replaces Kevin Callahan, Jr.