Washington State Athletics
Jim Walden, head football coach at Washington State from 1978-86, was inducted in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.
July 4, 2026
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Jim Walden 1938-2026 • Former WSU football coach Jim Walden passes away at 88
He played a big role in bringing the Apple Cup rivalry game with the Washington Huskies back to Pullman in 1982, for the first time since 1954. When it was WSU’s year to host, the games were at Albi Stadium in Spokane. In ‘82, in the first Apple Cup held in the Palouse in nearly 30 years, WSU knocked off UW 24-20.