Lisa Bluder

Lisa Bluder is the head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program. She is an alumna of the University of Northern Iowa, 1983 and Linn-Mar High School, 1979.

Coaching career

St. Ambrose University

She began her coaching career at St. Ambrose University, where she coached six successful seasons building the Bees into an NAIA powerhouse. During her tenure at St. Ambrose, she recorded a 169-36 (.824) mark and guided the Bees to four straight national tournaments, including two consecutive Final Four appearances. The 1990 St. Ambrose team was ranked No. 1 and she was named the NAIA Converse Coach of the Year.

Drake University

Bluder has compiled a 187-106 (.638) record at Drake in 10 seasons and a 169-36 (.824) record in six seasons at NAIA St. Ambrose University. She currently sits 39th in career winning percentage (.692) for Division I active coaches.

She is also committed to her team's academic success. She coached two Academic All-America Players of the Year in current Hawkeye Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen (1991) and Tricia Wakely (1996). As a team, the Bulldogs ranked fourth in 1995 graduation rate success among teams ranked in the USA Today/CNN final top-25 Coaches' Poll. In 2004, a team record eight student athletes were named to the academic all-Big Ten team. Student athletes who have played under her have a 100 percent job placement following their career, and all of her recruited athletes have earned their degree.

University of Iowa

Bluder, alongside her husband David and daughter Hannah, was introduced as the Hawkeyes' fifth head coach in front of a packed press room in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 7, 2000. The native of Marion, IA, came to Iowa after spending 10 successful seasons at Drake University.

Bluder is in her 12th season as head women's basketball coach at the University of Iowa. Under her direction, the Hawkeyes have advanced to postseason play in 9 of 10 seasons (7 NCAA and 2 WNIT). Entering the 2010-2011 season Bluder is the dean of Big Ten coaches, and has posted a 189-123 (.606) record at Iowa and her 26-year record stands at 545-265 (.673). Her 189 wins at Iowa are the second-most of any Hawkeye women's basketball coach, behind Hall of Famer C. Vivian Stringer (269 wins).

Bluder is a three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2001, 2008 and 2010) and two-time WBCA Regional Coach of the Year (2001 and 2008). She has guided Iowa to a winning record in nine of her 10 years at Iowa, including seven upper-division finishes in the challenging Big Ten Conference. Bluder has led Iowa to six 20-win seasons in her 12 years, including the last four years in a row.

Bluder had one of her most successful seasons in 2010-11, leading Iowa to a 22-9 overall record and a third place finish in the Big Ten at 10-6. Iowa's overall win/loss record in 2010-11 was the best for an Iowa team since the 1995-96 campaign. The Hawkeyes were nationally ranked for 14 weeks during the season, reaching No. 14 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Iowa received an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-straight season.

Iowa Attendance Under Bluder

Year	National Rank	Attendance
2000-01	14th	5,014
2001-02	18th	4,457
2002-03	24th	3,861
2003-04	24th	4,134
2004-05	26th	3,970
2005-06	25th	3,920
2006-07	27th	4,132
2007-08	42ed	2,987
2008-09	34th	3,481
2009-10	32ed	3,488
2010-11	13th	5,823

Career milestones

She has reached five coaching milestones while coaching Iowa. During her first season, she collected her 200th victory at the Division I level when the Hawkeyes defeated Minnesota. She garnered win No. 300 at the Division I level with Iowa's regular season finale win over Indiana in 2006. During her third season, she captured career win No. 400 in Iowa's triumph over Iowa State and victory No. 450 when Iowa topped Creighton in the first round of the WNIT. During the '07-'08 season her Hawkeyes defeated Penn State on February 10th to give Coach Bluder career win No. 500.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2000–present)
2000–01	Iowa	21–10	12–4	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2001–02	Iowa	18–11	10–6	4th	NCAA Second Round
2002–03	Iowa	18–15	6–10	7th
2003–04	Iowa	16–13	10–6	T-4th
2004–05	Iowa	23–10	8–8	6th	WNIT Final Four
2005–06	Iowa	17–12	10–6	5th	NCAA First Round
2006–07	Iowa	14–16	6–10	9th
2007–08	Iowa	21–11	13–5	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2008–09	Iowa	21–11	13–5	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Iowa	20–14	10–8	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2010–11	Iowa	22–9	10–6	3rd	NCAA First Round
2011–12	Iowa	19–10	11–5	T-2ed
Iowa:		230-142 (.616)	119–78 (.600)
Total:
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

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