Congratulations to U of L women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz on being named the 2019 co-USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. Walz led the USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team to gold from July 20-28 in Bangkok, Thailand. He shared the award with Kansas State men’s head coach Bruce Weber, who coached the U19 men’s team.
“It definitely an honor,” Walz said of the award. “And also, it shows what type of staff we had. I was very fortunate to be able to work with Cori (Close) and Natasha (Adair) the past two years. And then the players, obviously you don’t get such an award without having an outstanding staff and a good team.