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Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder and forward Megan Gustafson (10) as they celebrate their victory over the Maryland Terrapins in the Big Ten Championship Game Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder and guard Kathleen Doyle (22) share a laugh as they walk off the court after winning their game at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. on Sunday, January 5, 2020. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder and her family against the Maryland Terrapins Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)

THE BLUDER FILE

  • 752-359 (.677) overall record
  • 396-217 (.646) record at Iowa
  • Surpassed Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer (269 wins) as Iowa’s all-time winningest coach in program history on Feb. 10, 2014 (Northwestern, 90-84)
  • NCAA women’s basketball 16th winningest coach (752 wins)
  • Dean of the Big Ten Coaches
  • 2019 Naismith Coach of the Year
  • Coached the 2018-19 Hawkeyes to their first Big Ten Tournament Title since 2001.
  • Led Iowa to 12, 20-win seasons in her 19 years, including 10 of the last 12 years
  • Took Iowa to its first Sweet Sixteen since 1996 in 2015 and its first Elite Eight since 1993 in 2019.
  • 2015 Carol Eckman Award winner
  • Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2010)
  • Four-time WBCA Regional Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2018, 2019)
  • Posted a winning record in 18 of her 19 years at Iowa, including 13 upper-division finishes in the Big Ten Conference
  • Named to the Division I Midwest Representative of the WBCA Board of Directors in 2003
  • Has served on the WBCA Kodak All-American selection committee for four terms and the Midwest Regional Advisory Committee for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championships
  • 2012 Quad City Times Hall of Fame inductee
  • 2016 Des Moines Register Hall of Fame inductee

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder is recognized for her 200th Big Ten win with Barbara Burke, Deputy Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator, before the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, February 6, 2020. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder against the NC State Wolfpack in the regional semi-final of the 2019 NCAA Women's College Basketball Tournament Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC.(Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder holds up the net after cutting it down after winning their second round game in the 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Sunday, Mar. 24, 2019. (Stephen Mally for hawkeyesports.com)

"LISA BLUDER IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE COACHES OF ALL TIME. AT IOWA... BLUDER COMPETED IN POSTSEASON PLAY IN ALL BUT ONE YEAR AND HAS BUILT THE HAWKEYES INTO A TOP-25 CONTENDER YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. DURING HER CAREER SHE HAS WON MULTIPLE B1G TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS, A NAISMITH NATIONAL COY AWARD AND A GOLD MEDAL FROM THE 2001 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN BEIJING. A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER, BLUDER HAS HAD A SPECTACULAR CAREER AND CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE GAME EACH YEAR." 

-SULLY CARTER, SILVER WAVES MEDIA