NMSU football coach take NFL coaching position

DeWayne Walker

New Mexico State head football coach DeWayne Walker has stepped down. 

NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston announced Thursday that Walker is leaving the Aggies to take a job as an assistant coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Officials say he will be a defensive backs coach for the NFL team. 

Walker posted a 10-40 overall record for NMSU in four years. Walker was hired in December 2008 at the same time the University of New Mexico hired former head football coach Mike Locksley. 

The school has not announced plans on its search for a new coach.

NMSU football coach take NFL coaching position