Awards and Retirement
On Australia Day 1987 Walsh received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for service to cycling as national coaching director. Three years later in 1990 he was awarded the status of World Coach by the Union Cycliste Internationale. He has won nine awards as Australian Coach of the Year for all sports, and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 14 July 2000.
From 2004 to 2011 Walsh assisted Adelaide coach Neil Craig with fitness and rehab. with the Australian Football League team, the Adelaide Crows.
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