Robert M. Walsh ( â ?) was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at St. Benedict's CollegeâÂÂnow known as Benedictine CollegeâÂÂin Atchison, Kansas from 1948 to 1949, compiling a record of 4âÂÂ14. In 1950, Walsh was hired as an assistant football coach at the University of Toledo to serve under head coach Bob Snyder. Walsh played college football at the University of Notre Dame as a guard, lettering in 1941. He spent one season as freshman line coach at Notre Dame, in 1942, before he was commissioned into the United States Navy in January 1943. Walsh was hired in 1946 as the athletic director at Parks Air CollegeâÂÂnow known as Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology in St. Louis, Missouri.