University of Louisville Women's Basketball

COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Head Coach YEAR AT LOUISVILLE: 19th LOUISVILLE COACHING RECORD: 515-154 (19 seasons) INTERNATIONAL COACHING RECORD: 19-1 COMBINED COACHING RECORD: 534-155 BIRTHDAY: October 27 EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree (Northern Kentucky, ’95); Master’s Degree (Western Kentucky, ’97) HOMETOWN: Fort Thomas, Ky. FAMILY: Wife – Lauren; Son – Jacob; Daughters – Kaeley, Lola, Lucy ATHLETIC CAREER Two-year letterwinner on the men’s basketball team at Northern Kentucky COLLEGIATE COACHING CAREER 2007-Present: Louisville (head coach) 2006-07: Maryland (associate head coach) 2002-06: Maryland (assistant coach) 2001-02: Minnesota (assistant coach) 1997-01: Nebraska (assistant coach) 1996-97: Western Kentucky (assistant coach) Lightning speed. That's the only rate at which Jeff Walz operates. It's also the pace at which University of Louisville women's basketball burst into the national spotlight under his tutelage as one of the most competitive and successful programs. On March 18, 2022, it was announced that his contract with the University of Louisville had been extended through 2028-29. Walz and the Cardinals boast quite an astounding resumé that includes 13 trips to the NCAA Sweet 16, eight trips to the Elite Eight, four trips to the final four and two trips to the national title game. Overall, he has compiled a 43-17 record in NCAA Tournament games and ranks 10th all-time and fifth among active coaches with a 71.7 NCAA Tournament winning percentage (minimum 25 games pla

Adrienne Johnson is in her 20th year at the University of Louisville and her 12th season with the women's basketball program. Her currently role with the tea...

Women's BasketballSkip AdFelz, BenjaminAldag, SelimBernabei-McNamee, JoannaBradbury, MikeFelz, BenjaminJohnson, AdrienneMorris, BrittanyPineda, JonneshiaVail, RhenWalton, CortneeWalz, Jeff

Brittany Morris was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville in the summer of 2025 after spending the previous four seasons at NC State as an assistant coach. During her four years in Raleigh, the Wolfpack claimed three combined ACC regular season and tournament championships. In 2023, Morris helped the Wolfpack reach the Final Four for the first time in 25 years. In her first season in Raleigh, the Wolfpack won the regular season and tournament championship in the same year for the first time since 1984-85. Morris played a part in the development of guards Aziaha James, Saniya Rivers, Diamond Johnson and Zoe Brooks. Both Johnson and Rivers earned ACC Sixth Player of the Year awards during their careers. Rivers and James earned First Team All-ACC honors in 2023-24 while James earned a number of honorable mention All-American honors in 2024-25. The duo of Rivers and James were both selected in the first round of the 2025 WNBA Draft. Before going to NC State, she spent the 2020-21 season with East Carolina. Prior to her time at ECU, Morris was on the staff at UNCW for three seasons. She helped UNCW win 13 home games in 2018-19, which marked the most for the Seahawks since moving to Division I. Under Morris' tutelage, UNCW's Shrita Parker was named the USBWA National Player of the Week in January 2019 as well as being named Second-Team All-CAA following the 2018-19 campaign. She took on the additional responsibility of recruiting coordinator during her last tw

In June of 2024, Walton was appointed the Director of Operations after two seasons as the Director of Player Development and Alumni Relations. Head coach Jeff Walz hired five-year letterwinner Cortnee Walton to his staff as the Director of Player Development and Alumni Relations in August 2022. She returns to Louisville after spending the last three seasons working in recruiting operations with the Georgia Tech Women's Basketball program. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, Walton was a sideline reporter for the ACC Network Extra and covered women's basketball, men's and women's soccer for the Cardinals. She was also a guest radio host on 790 KRD in Louisville as she provided analysis on current sports topics. During her playing career with the Cardinals, she played in 139 games at Louisville and graduated with a bachelor of arts in communications in 2015 and a master of science in sport administration in 2017. In her freshman season, the team reached the national championship game for the first time in program history. The Cardinals reached the Sweet Sixteen or farther in four of her five seasons. In the 2015-16 season, Walton started all 34 games for the Cardinals and was named to the 2015 Allstate WBCA Good Works Team. She was one of five student-athletes selected out of 103 nominees for outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement. In her final season with the Cardinals, she started in 30 of 31 games and over her last two seasons, she starte

COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Associate Head Coach YEAR AT LOUISVILLE: 7th EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree (Georgia Southwestern State, '11), Master's Degree (America Public University, '17) HOMETOWN: Atlanta, Ga. TWITTER: @CoachJPineda24 INSTAGRAM: @jpineda247 ATHLETIC CAREER Played at Georgia Southwestern State University, where she received the Peach Belt Conference Scholar Athlete award in 2010, served as team captain, and was named to the Athletic Director Honor Roll and Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll. COLLEGIATE COACHING CAREER 2026-present: Louisville (associate head coach) 2022-2026: Louisville (associate coach) 2019-2022: Louisville (assistant coach) 2013-19: Georgia Tech (assistant coach, video coordinator, graduate manager) COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Pineda was promoted to Associated Head Coach in April of 2026. In her seven seasons at Louisville, she helped lead the Cardinals to an 185-54 record, two Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championships, three trips to the Elite Eight, four Sweet 16's and an appearance in the 2022 Final Four. For the 2025-26 season, Louisville finished with a 29-8 record and were 15-3 in ACC play to finish second in the regular season standings. The 29 wins were tied for fifth all-time in program history and the Cardinals advanced to the ACC Championship game for the fifth time in program history and the third time under Pineda. Louisville averaged 78.7 points per game, the highest during Pineda's time and the third-best in progr

Rhen Vail joined the University of Louisville women's basketball program as head strength and conditioning coach prior to the 2021-22 season. As the head str...

In his first season with the Cardinals, Louisville tallied 29 wins, which is tied for fifth most in program history. The Cardinals were well rounded on both sides of the ball as they averaged 78.7 points per game, the third most in program history. Defensively, they limited opponents to just 61.0 points per game. The Cardinals held their opponents below their season scoring average in regulation in 34 of 35 games dating back to the opening week of the season. Selim Aldag joined the women's basketball staff ahead of the 2025-26 season as a graduate assistant. Prior to coming to Louisville, Aldag held coaching roles for the Türkiye women's national teams. In the summer of 2025, he was on the senior women's national team staff with Coach Walz. Aldag and Walz were on the staff of the team that competed in the 2025 EuroBasket in Greece and Türkiye finished seventh overall. Elif Istanbulluoglu was selected to the senior national team and competed at EuroBasket under the tutelage of Walz and Aldag.