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Jeff Walz has led the Cardinals to four Final Fours and two national title-game appearances.

Under Walz, Louisville has achieved 15 consecutive 20-win seasons, surpassing all other ACC programs.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Louisville’s Jeff Walz is the best active women’s basketball coach to have not won a national championship. It’s time he’s recognized as such.

That may sound like a dubious honor, to be the best at something that hasn’t been accomplished. But four Final Fours and two appearances in the title game sounds exactly like the kind of accomplishments that elevate programs from good to great.

UConn’s Geno Auriemma , South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and LSU’s Kim Mulkey are the only active coaches with more Final Four appearances than Walz.

That trio has w

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