IOWA CITY, Iowa — Five weeks after leading the Iowa women’s basketball team to its second consecutive national championship appearance, Lisa Bluder stepped down as head coach and handed the reins to longtime associate head coach Jan Jensen on Monday.
Bluder, the winningest coach in Big Ten women’s basketball history, concludes her career with a 528-254 record in 24 seasons at Iowa. In 39 seasons as a head coach, Bluder, 63, compiled an 884-396 mark.
Simply no one better at building a team… Thank you for believing in me more than anyone 🤍 Enjoy retirement, coach. Very much deserved 🥹 https://t.co/XnxmteSCTq
— Caitlin Clark (@CaitlinClark22) May 13, 2024
Jensen has coached alongside Bluder since 1993, first at Drake, then at Iowa beginning in 2000. Jensen played her final collegiate season for Bluder at Drake in 1990-91 and led the nation in scoring. Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz and school president Barbara Wilson announced Jensen’s elevation 15 minutes after Bluder’s retirement became official.
“It has been the honor of my career to be a part of the Iowa Hawkeye family, and to lead a women’s basketball program filled with so many talented and remarkable young women, who have gone on to do great things in their careers and, more importantly, in their…
