jeff walz contract download pdf Jeff Walz plans to be the coach at Louisville next season, not Tennessee. Jeff Walz plans to be the women’s basketball coach at Louisville next season, not Tennessee. Walz confirmed as much during an interview Wednesday with Louisville radio station WKRD 790-AM. As for a Chattanooga Times Free Press report last week that Louisville was prepared to lose Walz to Tennessee, Walz said: “I have no idea where that came from. Nobody does.” Walz told Louisville television station WDRB that Tennessee has not contacted him about its job and he doesn't expect it will. Tennessee fired Holly Warlick on March 27 after seven seasons. Walz fielded questions about the Tennessee job during his team’s run to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight. He seemed to enjoy himself then, even suggesting that Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma should be discussed for the UT job. But Wednesday, Walz gave his most firm offering that he intends to remain at Louisville. “I love what I do. I love it here,” Walz said during his interview with WKRD while on vacation in Colorado. “We are already recruiting and looking for players to add for next year. We’ll start workouts again here in about a week with our returning players. So there’s a lot of exciting things in front of us.” Walz's comments drive home what Louisville athletics director Vince Tyra told the Louisville Courier Journal after the Cardinals' NCAA Tournament exit. "We’re fortunate to have him, and we intend to keep him," Tyra said. In 12 seasons as Louisville’s coach, Walz has a 331-100 record with three Final Four appearances. The Kentucky native was an assistant on Brenda Frese’s staff when Maryland won the national championship in 2006. Walz earns $1.475 million – more than twice as much as Warlick was making. He also would have a $1.475 million buyout for leaving. He’s under contract through April 1, 2025. Tennessee owes Warlick a buyout of about $710,000. Tennessee has interest in Missouri State coach Kellie Harper, who played for the Lady Vols under Pat Summitt and would be a much cheaper acquisition. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ATHLETIC. The IRS Form 990 is an annual information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly. Read the IRS instructions for 990 forms. If this organization has filed an amended return, it may not be reflected in the data below. Duplicated download links may be due to resubmissions or amendments to an organization's original return. If you would like to download Form 990 document PDFs in bulk, the Internet Archive operates a mirror of the original bulk data. June 2020. 990 (filed on May 25, 2021) Form 990 documents available. Extracted financial data is not available for this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Fredric Scott Satterfield (Head Football Coach) $4,140,900 Christopher L Mack (Men's Basketball Coach) $4,136,671 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $1,662,047 Daniel S McDonnell (Men's Baseball Coach) $1,295,414 Vincent J Tyra (Athletic Director) $1,122,043 Billy Dwayne Ledford (Asst. Football Coach) $734,761 Joshua Heird (Deputy Athletic Director) $160,216 Andrew B Grubb (Treasurer) $0 Daniel A Durbin (Asst. Treasurer) $0 Dr Neeli Bendapudi (President and Chair) $0 Jasper G Noble (Secretary) $0 Prof David S Owen (Vice Chair to 12/13/19) $0 Bradley R Shafer (Director) $0 Dennis P Heishman (Director) $0 Dr Beth Boehm (Director) $0 Dr Ralph Fitzpatrick (Director) $0 Dr Thomas Gerard Bradley (Director) $0 James M Rogers (Director) $0 Kayla Payne (Director) $0 Laurence Benz (Director) $0 Prof Dawn Heinecken (Director) $0 Prof Elaine O Wise (Director) $0 Prof Karen Turner (Director) $0 Prof Michael J Voor (Director) $0 Prof Sharon Moore (Director) $0 See filing for 14 more → Help Keep Nonprofit Explorer Free! If you have used our data or site in your research or reporting, add credit and a link to Nonprofit Explorer in your story or publication and let us know. June 2019. 990 (filed on Jan. 28, 2021) Total Revenue. $129,771,344. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Robert P Petrino (Football Coach (to 11/11/18)) $18,017,601 Christopher L Mack (Men's Basketball Coach) $8,631,988 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $2,221,047 Daniel S McDonnell (Men's Baseball Coach) $1,144,207 Vincent J Tyra (Athletic Director) $921,014 Brian E VanGorder (Asst. Football Coach) $871,033 Fredric Scott Satterfield (Football Coach (from 12/4/18)) $257,960 Ronald Kevin Miller (Former Exec. Sr. Assoc. Athletic Dir.) $156,741 Dr Neeli Bendapudi (President and Chair) $0 Prof David S Owen (Vice Chair) $0 Jonathan T Fuller (Secretary) $0 Marian R Vasser (Treasurer) $0 Daniel A Durbin (Asst. Treasurer) $0 Tom Andrews (Director) $0 Laurence Benz (Director) $0 Dr Beth Boehm (Director) $0 Prof Sheldon J Bond (Director) $0 Dr Thomas Gerard Bradley (Director) $0 Ryan Bridgeman (Director) $0 Brian A Cromer JD (Director (to 7/10/18)) $0 Dr Ralph Fitzpatrick (Director) $0 Joseph K Han (Director (to 9/26/18)) $0 Prof Dawn Heinecken (Director) $0 Dennis P Heishman (Director) $0 Prof Mary Hums (Director) $0 See filing for 18 more → June 2018. 990 (filed on May 29, 2019) Total Revenue. $108,173,653. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Robert P Petrino (Men's Football Coach) $4,512,008 Richard Pitino (Men's Basketball Coach to 11/1/17) $4,476,453 Thomas M Jurich (Athletic Director to 10/20/17) $1,487,692 Daniel S McDonnell (Men's Baseball Coach) $1,335,101 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $1,209,791 Peter A Sirmon (Asst. Football Coach to 1/19/18) $920,487 Ronald Kevin Miller (Exec. Sr. Assoc. Athletic Dir. to 1/12/18) $302,921 Vincent J Tyra (Athletic Director from 10/3/17) $294,586 Gregory C Postel MD (President and Chair to 5/14/18) $0 Dr Neeli Bendapudi (President and Chair from 5/15/18) $0 Krista B Wallace-Boaz (Vice Chair) $0 Vishnu Tirumala (Secretary to 5/17/18) $0 Vickie Lynn Tencer (Treasurer) $0 Susan I Howarth (Asst. Treasurer) $0 Dr Larry Benz (Director) $0 Robert E Berson PhD (Director to 12/31/17) $0 Dale B Billingsley PhD (Director) $0 Dr Beth A Boehm (Director from 6/1/2018) $0 Ulysses L Bridgeman Jr (Director to 10/3/17) $0 Brian A Cromer JD (Director) $0 Daniel A Durbin (Director) $0 Prof Carmine Esposito (Director) $0 Ralph Fitzpatrick (Director) $0 Jonathan Fuller (Director From 5/16/18) $0 Dr Joseph Han (Director from 1/24/18) $0 See filing for 25 more → June 2017. 990 (filed on June 20, 2018) Total Revenue. $120,473,251. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Thomas M Jurich (Athletic Director) $5,077,806 Richard Pitino (Men's Basketball Coach) $5,019,454 Robert P Petrino (Men's Football Coach) $4,380,114 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $1,938,050 Jeffrey Todd Grantham (Asst. Men's Football Coach) $1,433,020 Daniel S McDonnell (Men's Baseball Coach) $962,820 Ronald Kevin Miller (Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director) $264,321 Dr James R Ramsey (President and Chair (to 7/31/16)) $0 Neville G Pinto PhD (President and Chair (10/26/16 - 1/21/17)) $0 Gregory C Postel MD (President and Chair (from 1/21/17)) $0 Prof Enid Trucios-Haynes (Vice Chair (to 10/20/16)) $0 Krista B Wallace-Boaz (Vice Chair (from 10/21/16)) $0 Aaron T Vance (Secretary) $0 Douglas Hall (Treasurer (to 10/26/16) / Director (to 1/12/17)) $0 Joseph W Prather II MD (Treasurer (10/20/16 - 1/12/17)) $0 Harlan M Sands JD (Asst. Treasurer (to 1/7/17)) $0 Susan I Howarth (Asst. Treasurer (from 1/20/17)) $0 Robert E Berson PhD (Director) $0 Dale B Billingsley PhD (Director (from 8/15/16)) $0 Chip Blankenship (Director (to 1/19/17)) $0 Ulysses L Bridgeman Jr (Director) $0 Brian A Cromer JD (Director (from 4/21/17)) $0 Prof Carmine Esposito (Director) $0 Dawn Heinecken PhD (Director) $0 Dennis P Heishman (Director) $0 See filing for 20 more → June 2016. 990 (filed on Sept. 25, 2017) Total Revenue. $112,948,887. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Richard Pitino (Men's Basketball Coach) $4,583,326 Robert P Petrino (Men's Football Coach) $3,825,922 Thomas M Jurich (Athletic Director) $2,467,199 Jeffrey Todd Grantham (Asst. Men's Football Coach) $1,380,292 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $1,095,159 Garrick L McGee (Asst. Football Coach) $915,240 Ronald Kevin Miller (Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director) $255,344 Dr James R Ramsey (President and Chair) $0 Prof Enid Trucios-Haynes (Vice Chair) $0 Victoria Ann Allen (Secretary (to 5/15/2016)) $0 Aaron T Vance (Secretary (From 5/16/2016)) $0 Douglas Hall (Treasurer) $0 Harlan M Sands JD (Asst. Treasurer) $0 William W Armstrong (Director) $0 Robert E Berson PhD (Director) $0 Chip Blankenship (Director) $0 Ulysses L Bridgeman Jr (Director) $0 Pedro Coutinho (Director (To 5/15/2016)) $0 Prof Carmine Esposito (Director) $0 Ed Glasscock (Director) $0 Dawn Heinecken PhD (Director) $0 Dennis P Heishman (Director) $0 Dr Mary Hums (Director) $0 A Keith Inman (Director) $0 Prof Bruce Kemelgor (Director) $0 See filing for 16 more → June 2015. 990 (filed on Aug. 3, 2016) Total Revenue. $105,932,878. Key Employees and Officers Compensation Richard Pitino (Men's Basketball Coach) $5,212,506 Robert P Petrino (Men's Football Coach) $3,694,493 Thomas M Jurich (Athletic Director) $3,195,066 Jeff Walz (Women's Basketball Coach) $1,136,771 Jeffrey Todd Grantham (Asst. Men's Football Coach) $1,031,167 Denny Crum (Assistant to the President) $836,462 Ronald Kevin Miller (Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director) $237,956 Dr James R Ramsey (President and Chair) $0 Prof Enid Trucios-Haynes (Vice Chair) $0 Douglas Hall (Secretary) $0 Ron Butt CFP (Treasurer) $0 Victoria Ann Allen (Director (from 5/10/2015)) $0 William W Armstrong (Director) $0 Eric Berson PhD (Director) $0 Chip Blankenship (Director) $0 Ulysses L Bridgeman Jr (Director) $0 Pedro Coutinho (Director (From 5/1/2015)) $0 Prof Carmine Esposito (Director) $0 Ed Glasscock (Director) $0 Monali Haldankar (Director (To 5/9/2015)) $0 Dr Mary Hums (Director) $0 A Keith Inman (Director) $0 D Harry Jones (Director) $0 Prof Bruce Kemelgor (Director) $0 Jim King (Director (to 1/14/15)) $0 See filing for 14 more → June 2014. 990 (filed on Aug. 21, 2015) Total Revenue. $100,813,098. Key Employees and Officers Compensation RICHARD PITINO (Men's Basketball Coach) $7,443,316 CHARLES STRONG (Men's Football Coach (to 1/24/2014)) $4,325,897 THOMAS M JURICH (Athletic Director) $2,220,782 JEFF WALZ (Women's Basketball Coach) $978,175 DENNY CRUM (Assistant to the President) $823,004 DANIEL MCDONNELL (Men's Baseball Coach) $589,427 RONALD KEVIN MILLER (Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director) $217,920 JULIE HERMANN (Former Exec. Sr. Assoc. 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Tennessee is in the market for a women’s basketball coach. Holly Warlick is out after seven seasons on the job, Tennessee announced on Wednesday. Here are 15 candidates to monitor throughout the Lady Vols’ search, separated by category. Swing for the fences. Brenda Frese. Current job: Maryland coach. Frese, 48, is one of the most successful coaches in women's basketball. She notched her 500th career victory in January. Maryland made the NCAA Tournament for the 15th time in Frese's 17 seasons as coach, earning a No. 3 seed. Maryland has made the Final Four three times under Frese, including a national championship in 2006. She's one of seven active head coaches who has won a national title. Frese would be a tough acquisition. She's under contract through 2021 with built-in extensions set to run through 2025. The Baltimore Sun reported her 2018 earnings to be $1.19 million. Becky Hammon. Current job: San Antonio Spurs assistant. Hammon, 42, is breaking barriers in the NBA. She has positioned herself to one day become the league's first female head coach. Already, she's served as head coach of the Spurs' summer league team, leading it to a title in 2015. She's in her fifth season on San Antonio's staff. Greg Popovich promoted Hammon to his top assistant before this season. Hammon played at Colorado State before becoming a six-time WNBA all-star. She's never coached in the college ranks — she reportedly turned down a chance to become Florida's women's coach in 2017 — but perhaps the allure of Tennessee could pull her from the NBA. Hammon played for the Knoxville-based Tennessee Fury of the National Women's Basketball League in 2003. Her scoring average of 20.6 points led the league. Scott Rueck. Current job: Oregon State coach. Rueck, 49, was born in Oregon, played at Oregon State and has spent his entire coaching career within the state. Could Tennessee lure him away? The Lady Vols got a close look at his program last year, when the Beavers eliminated Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament en route to the Elite Eight. Oregon State is a No. 4 seed in the midst of its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Beavers have made four consecutive Sweet 16 appearances, including the program's only Final Four in 2016. Rueck is in his ninth season. Previously, he led George Fox to an NCAA Division III championship in 2009, one of its seven national tournament appearances in Rueck's 14 seasons as coach. He's under contract through the 2026-27 season. He's earning $631,000 this season, according to his contract terms. His salary will increase throughout his contract, culminating with a salary of $879,425 in the final year of his deal. Jeff Walz. Current job: Louisville coach. Walz, 47, is one of the nation's best coaches. Tennessee would have to open its purse strings to have any hope of landing him. He developed Louisville into a perennial power. The Cardinals made the Final Four last season for the third time under Walz. Louisville beat Connecticut 78-69 this season in front of a home crowd of 17,023. The Cardinals made the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in his 12 seasons and earned a No. 1 seed. They reached the Sweet 16 for the ninth time during his tenure. Walz earns $1.48 million annually. His contract runs through 2025. He'd owe a buyout of one year's salary for leaving his contract early. Louisville's athletic director Vince Tyra did not hire Walz, so perhaps he would consider picking a new boss. UPDATE: Walz said on April 3 that he'll be Louisville's coach next season, not Tennessee's and that UT never contacted him. Rising talents. Courtney Banghart. Current job: Princeton coach. Princeton is the only head coaching job Banghart has ever had, and she's thrived in the role. She's led the Tigers to eight NCAA Tournament appearances in her 12 seasons as coach. Princeton had never made the Big Dance before hiring Banghart. Banghart, 40, has never coached in college outside the Ivy League. Her first college job was as an assistant at Dartmouth, her alma mater. She was named the Naismith National Coach of the Year following the 2014-15 season, when Princeton went 31-1 and reached the NCAA tournament's second round. Also in 2015, Fortune Magazine named her among the world's 50 greatest leaders. Lisa Fortier. Current job: Gonzaga coach. Fortier, 37, is one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the country. Kelly Graves built Gonzaga into an elite mid-major, and Fortier kept the train rolling. She's in her fifth season as coach after seven seasons as an assistant for Graves. Gonzaga made the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in Fortier's five seasons. The Bulldogs reached the Sweet 16 in her first season as an 11-seed before falling 73-69 to Tennessee. Fortier is a California native who played college basketball in her home state. She has spent her entire coaching career on the West coast. Kellie Harper. Current job: Missouri State coach. If Tennessee wants a coach with ties to the Lady Vols, Harper is one possibility. She's also as marketable as ever, having guided Missouri State to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2001. Harper, then Kellie Jolly, was the popular point guard for the Lady Vols for their three-peat of national championships from 1996-98. She's from Sparta, Tennessee. Harper, 41, is in her sixth season at Missouri State. She also led the Bears to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016. She's been a mid-major success, having led Western Carolina to a pair of NCAA appearances during her five seasons there as a first-time head coach. However, she was fired after four seasons at North Carolina State, having made the NCAA Tournament in just her first season. She's under contract through the 2021-22 season and earns $247,000. UPDATE: Harper is officially a candidate for the job. Missouri State AD Kyle Moats confirmed that UT contacted him about wanting to speak with Harper about its job. Carolyn Kieger. Current job: Marquette coach. Kieger, 35, has turned her alma mater into a force. A former four-year starting point guard, Kieger spent six seasons as an assistant at Miami before taking the reins at Marquette. The Golden Eagles endured a couple rough seasons to start her tenure before taking off. They made their third straight NCAA tournament appearance and reached the second round in each of the past two seasons, giving the program its fifth and sixth NCAA Tournament victories. Marquette's 27 victories this season marked a program record. Kieger is under contract through the 2022-23 season. UPDATE: Penn State hired Kieger on April 3. Tina Langley. Current job: Rice coach. If you can't get Frese, how about Frese's protégé? Langley, 45, spent seven seasons on Frese's staff at Maryland, the final five as associate coach. Rice has been on an upward trajectory throughout Langley's tenure. The Owls won the Women's Basketball Invitational to cap her second season before reaching the WNIT's second round in Year 3. Now comes the greatest success. Rice set a program record with 28 wins this season and made its third NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Langley is an Alabama native who played for West Alabama and began her coaching career at a high school in the state. She's been an assistant at Georgia, Clemson and Toledo. Quality veterans. Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. Current job: Central Florida coach. Although Abrahamson-Henderson has never been the head coach at a Power 5 school, she's proven at three stops that she's a winner. In her third season at UCF, she led the Knights to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011 and just their fifth bid in program history. UCF's 26 wins marked a program record. Abrahamson-Henderson, 52, started her coaching career at Missouri State, which made three NCAA appearances and won a WNIT championship during her five seasons. She led Albany to five straight NCAA appearances during a six-year tenure before making the move to UCF. She's under contract through the 2022-23 season. Her salary is $400,000. Cori Close. Current job: UCLA coach. Perhaps Tennessee will take the approach of: If you can't beat her, hire her. Close's Bruins eliminated the Lady Vols in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, UCLA's fifth NCAA appearance in her eight seasons. The Bruins have reached the Sweet 16 in four straight seasons, including the program's second Elite Eight appearance last year. Close, 47, is known as an ace recruiter and a bright offensive mind. The Close era got off to a rocky start after she replaced Nikki Fargas, but the Bruins have won at least 22 games in each of the last four seasons. Before becoming a head coach, she was the associate coach for Florida State's Sue Semrau for seven seasons. Close is from California, so money likely would need to be a motivating factor to leave. She's under contract through the 2020-21 season and earns $475,000. Katie Meier. Current job: Miami coach. Meier, 51, had a standout career at Duke, tallying 1,761 career points, but she's been a longtime presence at another ACC school. In her 14th season at Miami, she coached one of her best teams. They bowed out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, ending a 25- win season. The Hurricanes did not make an NCAA Tournament until her sixth season, but this year marked their eighth bid in the past nine seasons. Before Miami, Meier won 76 games in four seasons at Charlotte, including one NCAA appearance. Her teams have never advanced beyond the second round of the NCAA tournament. Meier is under contract through the 2023-24 season. Wes Moore. Current job: North Carolina State coach. Moore has been a winner everywhere he's coached. His latest achievement is leading the Wolfpack to three straight seasons of at least 23 wins. N.C. State made its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, which marks its fourth bid in Moore’s six seasons. That includes consecutive Sweet 16 appearances. Kay Yow built N.C. State into one of the nation’s most respected programs, but the Wolfpack had backslid before Moore’s arrival, making the NCAA Tournament just once in the six seasons before he was hired. The Wolfpack reached the Sweet 16 last season. Before going to N.C. State, Moore, 61, led Chattanooga to nine NCAA appearances in 15 seasons. His career started at Division III Maryville College, located 18 miles south of Knoxville. Moore earns $460,000 annually, and his contract runs through next season, so he’s affordable. UPDATE: Moore said after the season that he's committed to staying at N.C. State. Sue Semrau. Current job: Florida State coach. Semrau, 57, is in her 22nd season at Florida State, where she has piled up more than 400 career victories. Although she's never reached a Final Four, she's been wildly successful. The Seminoles finished one win shy of a fifth consecutive 25-win season. FSU made its 15th NCAA Tournament appearance under Semrau. The Seminoles made the NCAA Tournament just once in her first seven seasons, but once she got the program rolling, it didn't slow down. She's led FSU to three Elite Eight appearances. Semrau is under contract through the 2019-20 season and earns $715,000 annually. Wild card. Kara Lawson. Current job: TV analyst. Lawson has no college coaching experience, but she's long been a name on Lady Vols fans' radar, thanks to her continued involvement in the sport and UT. Lawson was a standout guard under legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, helping the Lady Vols make a pair of Final Four appearances. She played 13 seasons in the WNBA and won an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. in 2008. She began her broadcasting career while her playing career was active. She currently a broadcasts games for ESPN and is the color analyst for the Washington Wizards. Lawson was appointed to UT's Board of Trustees in 2018, and she is one of three members on UT's special committee on athletics. Muffet McGraw Signs Contract Extension Through 2021-22 Season. NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Muffet McGraw, the architect of one of the greatest NCAA women’s basketball programs during the past quarter- century and a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, has signed a landmark contract extension that will keep her firmly at the helm of the Notre Dame women’s basketball program through the 2021-22 season. The 10-year extension, which is believed to be one of the longest contract agreements in NCAA women’s basketball history, was announced Monday by Notre Dame vice president and director of athletics Jack Swarbrick. “We are thrilled to be able to enter into a decade-long agreement with Muffet, who is not only the face of Notre Dame women’s basketball, but increasingly, the face of women’s basketball, given all that she’s accomplished,” Swarbrick said. “She’s taken this program to a place where it’s annually in the conversation for the national championships, which is the model all coaches want to follow. She’s also playing an important role in the game nationally, and her peers recognize those contributions, as well as the quality of her program here at Notre Dame. Off the court, she has created a program that has a lasting community identification and a special connection between the University and the city of South Bend, which is one of those unique points of intersection that universities have to be careful to build and maintain, and she’s done that for us in a really remarkable way.” “For more than 25 years, Muffet has led our women’s basketball program and represented this University with distinction,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president. “Her teams have excelled on the court and in the classroom, and I am absolutely delighted that she will continue to lead the Irish for many more years.” “It’s a privilege to be able to represent Notre Dame, in what is certainly the greatest job in the world, for another 10 years,” McGraw said. “I’ve been so blessed to work with some incredibly talented people, both in terms of the student-athletes that have come through Notre Dame, and the coaches and staff who have been part of our success through the years. We also have a tremendous administration, and I’m grateful to both Jack and Father Jenkins for their support, as well as the support of our amazing fans, who are absolutely the best in the country.” The 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year and a five-time National Coach of the Year finalist, McGraw has compiled a sparkling 679-256 (.726) record in 30 seasons as a head coach, including a 591-215 (.733) record during her 25-year career at Notre Dame, placing her as the second-winningest coach (in any sport) in the 125-year history of Fighting Irish athletics. She currently ranks eighth among all active NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches, and 14th all-time in Division I, for career victories, while also placing 13th among active coaches (across all three NCAA divisions), and 20th all-time (for all divisions), in that category. In addition, she is 17th among active Division I coaches, and 20th all-time, for career winning percentage, as well as seventh among active Division I coaches, and ninth all-time with 24 20-win seasons (the latter count including 22 20-win, nine 25-win and four 30-win campaigns at Notre Dame). When it comes to postseason play, McGraw is among the very best to ever walk a college sideline. The longtime Fighting Irish coach has led Notre Dame to the 2001 NCAA national championship, along with three appearances in the NCAA national championship game (1997, 2011, 2012) and four trips to the NCAA Women’s Final Four (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012). McGraw is one of just three active Division I coaches (and seven all-time) to guide her teams to at least three NCAA national championship games, and she is part of an elite group of five active Division I coaches (and eight all-time) to make four NCAA Women’s Final Four appearances. What’s more, McGraw has made Notre Dame a fixture in the NCAA Championship, leading the Fighting Irish to 19 tournament appearances (1992, 1994, 1996-2012), including a current streak of 17 consecutive berths that is the sixth-longest active string of its kind, as well as the eighth- longest run of consecutive appearances in the 31-year history of the NCAA tournament. Under McGraw’s tutelage, Notre Dame has reached the NCAA Sweet 16 (regional semifinals) 10 times in the past 16 seasons, and four times in the past five years, both feats that only six other programs in the country can match. McGraw’s name also is peppered liberally throughout the NCAA Division I Championship record books. She is fourth in Women’s Final Four winning percentage (.571, 4-3 record), tied for eighth in tournament wins (37; also sixth among active coaches), 10th in both tournament winning percentage (.673, 37-18 record; also fourth among active coaches) and tournament games coached (55; also seventh among active coaches), and tied for 13th in tournament appearances (19; also tied for sixth among active coaches). On the conference level, McGraw has experienced success no matter what loop her teams have played in. Since coming to Notre Dame prior to the 1987-88 season, she has a 310-82 (.791) career winning percentage in regular season conference games, including a 216-64 (.771) mark in the BIG EAST Conference, good for the second-highest winning percentage in BIG EAST history. McGraw’s Notre Dame teams also have earned seven regular season and five tournament titles across the three leagues the Fighting Irish have been affiliated with in that time (North Star from 1987-88; Midwestern Collegiate/Horizon League from 1988-95; BIG EAST from 1995 to present). For her efforts, McGraw has been named Coach of the Year in each of those three conferences (NSC in 1988, MCC in 1991, BIG EAST in 2001). For all of her accolades, McGraw turned in one of the best coaching performances of her career in 2011-12, steering Notre Dame to a 35-4 record (setting a school record for wins), along with a second consecutive NCAA national championship game berth and the BIG EAST regular season title (by a full two games over its closest challengers). When the dust settled, the Fighting Irish had either set or tied 22 school records this past season, and ranked among the top 15 teams in the nation in 10 different NCAA statistical categories. Notre Dame also continued to be one of the top draws in women’s college basketball, placing among the top five in the final NCAA attendance rankings (and setting a school record for average attendance) for the third consecutive season with 8,571 fans per game, fueled by a school-record eight sellouts. McGraw has helped lift the Fighting Irish into an even higher pantheon during the past three seasons, with Notre Dame posting a stellar 95-19 (.833) record that includes back-to-back NCAA national championship game appearances (plus a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2010), the first outright BIG EAST regular season championship in program history, and 10 wins against teams ranked among the top 10 in the Associated Press poll (as well as 19 victories against AP Top 25 opponents). On a broader scale, McGraw has made Notre Dame a consistent presence in the AP poll during her 25-year career with 236 all-time appearances, good for ninth among active NCAA Division I coaches and 20th all-time since the poll debuted in 1976. The Fighting Irish also are the in midst of a school-record of 96 consecutive weeks in the AP poll (dating back to the start of the 2007-08 season), and they have spent 124 weeks among the top 10 teams in the media balloting, including a current run of 27 consecutive top-10 appearances (and the past 19 weeks among the AP Top 5). McGraw has a well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s premier big-game coaches and tacticians, piloting Notre Dame to 87 victories over nationally-ranked opponents, including 74 in the past 14 seasons (1997-2012). She has been especially sharp in the postseason with 13 wins over top-four seeds (including five against No. 1 seeds), most notably overseeing the ouster of Connecticut in the all three of their NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinal matchups (2001, 2011, 2012). The victories over the Huskies in the past two NCAA national semifinals made the Fighting Irish just the second team in tournament history to defeat the same opponent in consecutive Final Fours (Auburn downed Louisiana Tech in 1989 and 1990). Throughout her career, success for McGraw has meant coaching great players. During her storied tenure, the Notre Dame skipper has coached 13 All-Americans, including 2001 consensus National Player of the Year Ruth Riley, and current Fighting Irish senior guard Skylar Diggins (South Bend, Ind./Washington), who was a consensus first-team All-America selection in 2012. McGraw also has worked with 14 players who have competed in international and/or domestic competition for their respective national teams (USA Basketball or Canada Basketball) — not counting incoming freshman guard Michaela Mabrey (Belmar, N.J./Manasquan), who will suit up for the 2012 USA Basketball Under-18 National Team at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Puerto Rico in August — with these players going on to win a total of 24 medals, including 10 gold medals (highlighted by Riley’s gold with the ’04 U.S. Olympic Team). In addition, McGraw has coached 24 players who have earned all- conference recognition a total of 54 times, including 18 first-team picks who have been chosen a total of 33 times, and has helped shape numerous other national award winners, namely two Frances Pomeroy Naismith award recipients (current Notre Dame assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Niele Ivey in 2001, Megan Duffy in 2006), the 2012 Nancy Lieberman Award recipient (Diggins), and 2002 United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Freshman of the Year Jacqueline Batteast. Another sign of McGraw’s success has been her ability to prepare her players for the next level. No less than 24 Notre Dame cagers have gone on to play professionally (domestically or overseas), including 11 who either have been drafted or signed as free agents with WNBA teams. The past 12 seasons have seen the greatest influx of Fighting Irish talent into the WNBA, with nine Notre Dame players having been selected in the league’s annual draft since 2001. Four of those players — Riley, Ivey, Kelley Siemon and Ericka Haney — were starters on the ’01 Fighting Irish NCAA championship team, and seven of the recent Fighting Irish WNBA draftees (Riley, Ivey, Batteast, Duffy, Charel Allen, Natalie Novosel and Devereaux Peters) earned All-America status during their careers at Notre Dame. The 2012 WNBA Draft represented another milestone for McGraw and the Fighting Irish women’s basketball program, as Notre Dame had two players selected in the first round for the first time. Peters went No. 3 overall (the highest pick in school history, and first lottery selection) to the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx, while Novosel was chosen No. 8 overall by the Washington Mystics. Academic excellence has been one of the cornerstones of McGraw’s philosophy at Notre Dame, and the numbers bear that out, with a perfect 100-percent graduation rate for all 66 student-athletes who have entered the program since 1987-88 (McGraw’s first season) and completed their athletic and academic eligibility at the University. The Fighting Irish also have posted a perfect 100-percent NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in each of the past five years, and they are one of just four programs in the country to record a perfect GSR score and play for the NCAA national championship in the same season (something they have now done the past two years). Both Riley and Duffy also garnered first- team Academic All-America® honors while playing for McGraw, with Riley being named the 2001 Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year (for both all sports and specifically for women’s basketball) and subsequently earning induction into the Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2012. Dedicated to helping grow and further the sport in any way possible, McGraw has groomed 12 of her former players and/or assistant coaches who currently are serving on coaching staffs at either the high school or college level. Of those 12 proteges, four presently are Division I head coaches — Bill Fennelly (Iowa State), Kevin McGuff (Washington), Jonathan Tsipis (George Washington) and 1991 Notre Dame graduate Coquese Washington (Penn State). McGuff and Washington (along with current Fighting Irish associate head coach Carol Owens) comprised McGraw’s assistant coaching staff on Notre Dame’s 2001 NCAA national championship squad, while McGuff and Owens also were on staff for the Fighting Irish during their run to the 1997 NCAA Women’s Final Four, and Owens teamed with Tsipis (and Ivey) to form McGraw’s coaching staff for Notre Dame’s last two NCAA national finalist teams in 2011 and 2012. McGraw also continues to give back to the game of basketball through her work as a member of numerous national committees. She was the lone coach chosen by then-U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige to serve on the 2002 Commission on Opportunity in Athletics (which examined ways to strengthen Title IX), and she also served on the USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee (now known as the Women’s Junior National Team Committee). In addition, McGraw has spent time as a prominent voice within the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on its Board of Directors (Division I legislative chair from 2005-11) and as part of its Special Committee on Recruiting & Access in 2004, earning McGraw the WBCA’s Carol Eckman Award in 2009 for her spirit, integrity and character that mirrored that of the award’s namesake. In September, McGraw will complete a two-year term as the chair of the NCAA’s Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee. A native of West Chester, Pa., McGraw received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Saint Joseph’s University (Pa.) in 1977. Following graduation, she coached for two seasons at Philadelphia’s Archbishop Carroll High School (50-3 record) and two more at her alma mater as an assistant coach under Jim Foster (now the head coach at Ohio State). In 1982, McGraw was named head coach at Lehigh University, her teams finishing 88-41 (.683) during her five-year tenure, while winning the 1986 East Coast Conference title — she also was the ECC Coach of the Year in 1983. McGraw and her husband, Matt, will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary later this year and make their home in Granger, Ind. They are the proud parents of son Murphy, who is a 2012 graduate of Indiana University. The Political Attitudes and Activities of Missouri Synod Lutheran (LCMS) Clergy in 2001 and 2009: A Research Note. Research has explored Lutheran clergy and politics at various time points, though few studies have focused longitudinally on this significant religious tradition. Using Cooperative Clergy Survey data, this research note examines the theological and the political attitudes, beliefs, and activities of pastors in one branch of American Lutheranism, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), in 2001 and 2009. The results suggest that LCMS clergy became more conservative, both theologically and politically, during this time. Moreover, LCMS clergy indicated higher levels of approval for a variety of political actions in 2009 than in 2001, as well as reporting higher levels of actual political involvement in 2008 than in 2000. A new breed of LCMS clergy may be emerging that is more comfortable engaging with the public square. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Access options. Buy single article. Instant access to the full article PDF. 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Lutheran Pastors and politics: Issues in the public square . St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. Acknowledgments. Providing financial assistance to complete the 2001 study were Concordia University Wisconsin’s Office of the President, Office of the Vice President for Academics, Cranach Institute, and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics. In 2009, the Paul B. Henry Institute at Calvin College provided financial and logistical support.