Walz Guiding Cardinals to Another Solid Season PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. Louisville women’s basketball Head Coach Jeff Walz (center), a 1990 Highlands alum, watches during the Louisville-NKU game at BB&T Center on Sunday. Walz has guided the Cardinals to 340 wins in his 13th season on the sidelines. In his 13th season […]
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Jeff Walz: Here’s the one question NOT to ask during a job interview
Highland alumni (1990) and University of Louisville Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Jeff Walz, was the keynote speaker at the Highlands Alumni Association dinner Friday night at the Highland Country Club. A sold out event listened to Walz talk about his rise amongst the coaching elite, his time in Fort Thomas and at Highlands and thoughts […]
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Jeff Walz to be Keynote Speaker at Highlands Alumni Dinner on April 13
Walz Guiding Louisville to Another Successful Season Louisville Athletics Photo. Louisville women’s basketball head coach Jeff Walz celebrates after the Cardinals won the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship. Walz is the guest speaker at the Highlands Alumni Dinner on April 13. Jeff Walz has not hesitated to throw some good one-liners out during post-game interviews. […]
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Highlands’ Walz Tapped for U.S.A. Basketball Job
Highlands alum, Jeff Walz. Highlands alum and Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz has been tapped to lead the USA Basketball Women’s U-23 National Team, USA Basketball announced Wednesday. Walz will coach the team this summer in the inaugural 2017 U-23 Four Nations Tournament, played Aug. 12-15 in Tokyo. Players on the team will be […]
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Jeff Walz Dropping Knowledge Bombs
University of Louisville Women’s Basketball dropped their second straight game, falling to #5 Maryland 78-72. Afterwards, head coach and Highlands graduate, Jeff Walz, delivered one of the most compelling press conferences of the year.
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Highlands Legend, Walz-Richey: “Relationships Over Awards”
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The honors for her great playing career may continue to trickle in 17 years after the amazing career ended. Jaime Walz-Richey just received induction into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. But above anything else, the 35-year-old wants to be known as “a […]
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Walzing the Cardinals to National Prominence
Contributed Photo. Jeff Walz, a 1990 Highlands graduate, has led the University of Louisville women’s basketball team to a 148-65 record in six seasons and national championship game appearances in 2009 and 2013. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The next step for Jeff Walz and the University of Louisville […]
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Ft. Thomas News: Louisville BB, Jeff Ruby, Hemp, Alcohol, Ashley Judd
Van Damme It’s Friday! – Ft. Thomas native and Highlands graduate, Jeff Walz, has his Louisville Women’s Basketball team in the Final Four. The team pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA Women’s Hoops (based on point spread) when they beat defending national champion Baylor. Baylor, who went 40-0 last year, had only lost 1 […]
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Now . . . Some Good News
I wanted to focus this post on a few pieces of good news related to Fort Thomas lately: 1. Being a newer transplant to Fort Thomas I didn’t realize that Jeff Walz was a Fort Thomas kid. For those of you less sports inclined, he is the coach of the lady Cardinals (U of L) […]