Jeff Walz
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| Sport(s) | Women's college basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisville |
| Record | 244–85 (.742) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 27, 1971 Fort Thomas, KY |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 | Western Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1997–2001 | Nebraska (asst.) |
| 2001–2002 | Minnesota (asst.) |
| 2002–2007 | Maryland (asst.) |
| 2007–present | Louisville |
Jeffrey Jacob Walz (born October 27, 1971) is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Louisville. In his second year as a head coach, he guided his team to a National Championship appearance at the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, and led the Cardinals to a second championship game appearance in 2013.
Walz attended Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Walz completed his undergraduate studies at Northern Kentucky, attending on a basketball scholarship. He graduated in 1995, earning a bachelor of science in secondary education, and went on to complete a master's degree at Western Kentucky in 1997 while serving as a graduate assistant women's basketball coach under Paul Sanderford.
Walz began coaching middle school and high school teams before finishing college. His first college position was assistant to Paul Sanderford at Western Kentucky, where he coached his sister Jaime Walz, who earned Kentucky "Miss Basketball" honors in 1996.
When Sanderford moved to take the head coach position at the University of Nebraska, Walz followed him as an assistant. While at Nebraska, he helped the program go to a school record three consecutive NCAA appearances.
In 2002, Walz accepted a position as assistant to Brenda Frese (then Brenda Oldfield) at Minnesota. Frese won AP Coach of the Year honors after improving Minnesota from 8–20 to 22–8. The University of Maryland persuaded her to accept the head coaching position and Walz also made the move. He spent five seasons at Maryland, helping them to become a national power, including a national championship at the 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
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