CHARLOTTE, NC (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference issued a public reprimand of Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Louisville’s game against Syracuse on February 11. In addition, the league announced that an institutional fine has been issued to Louisville ($20,000) as a result of the violation. The funds from the imposed institutional fine will be placed into the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship account.
 
Walz’s postgame comments regarding the officials were in direct violation of the ACC Sportsmanship Policy that states: “Public criticism of officials or public comments evaluating the officiating of particular contests is not in the best interest of intercollegiate athletics. Individuals associated with the athletics program are prohibited, therefore, from commenting while acting in an official capacity on officiating other than directly to the Conference office.”
 
The ACC considers this matter closed and will have no further comment.