Lisa Bluder

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Lisa Bluder (born April 16, 1961) 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

Lisa Bluder
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Assistant Coach for  United States
World University Games
Gold 2001 Beijing, China Team Competition

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 and 2012, 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

Under coach Bluder the Iowa Hawkeyes have finished the season in the top 30 in the nation in attendance 9 out of 12 years and in the top 20, 4 years.

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
2011-12 17th 4,846

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 10 to give Coach Bluder career win No. 500. When Iowa beat Purdue on January 20, 2013 Coach Bluder made that her Career win No. 600.[1]

USA Basketball

Bluder served as an assistant coach of the USA representative to the 1999 World University Games (also known as the Universiade). The event was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The USA team opened with a 134–37 win over South Africa. The second game was against Canada, which the USA team lost in a close match 68–67. The USA could not afford to lose another game if they wished to win a medal, and won the next game against Japan 106–66. The USA next faced undefeated Russia, and fell behind by twelve points at halftime, but came back and won the game 79–68. The USA fell behind in their next game against undefeated China, but rallied and went on to win 89–78. The USA then beat Brazil to advance to the semi-final, where they faced Lithuania. The game was not close, with the USA winning 70–49. That set up a rematch with China, on their home court with 18,000 spectators. The USA only had a four point lead at halftime, but did better in the second half, and won 87–69 to claim the gold medal. Ayana Walker set a World University Games record with 19 rebounds in the game. Walker was the leading scorer and rebounder for the USA team with 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[2]

Head coaching record

Drake was awarded a forfeit victory over Valparaiso during the 1995–96 season due to Valparaiso's use of an ineligible player. Drake originally lost that game 79–80.[3]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
St. Ambrose (??) (1984–1990)
1984–85 St. Ambrose 18–13
1985–86 St. Ambrose 20–12
1986–87 St. Ambrose 29–3
1987–88 St. Ambrose 32–5
1988–89 St. Ambrose 36–2
1989–90 St. Ambrose 34–1
St. Ambrose: 169–36
Drake Bulldogs (Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1990–1993)
1990–91 Drake 13–17 10–8 4th
1991–92 Drake 11–15 7–11 T–6th
1992–93 Drake 15–13 8–8 T–4th
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1993–2000)
1993–94 Drake 16–12 8–8 5th
1994–95 Drake 25–6 13–5 T–2nd NCAA, Second Round
1995–96 Drake 16–13 10–8 T–4th
1996–97 Drake 23–7 14–4 1st NCAA, First Round
1997–98 Drake 25–5 17–1 1st NCAA, First Round
1998–99 Drake 21–10 14–4 2nd WNIT, Final Four
1999–00 Drake 23–7 15–3 1st NCAA, First Round
Drake: 188–105 116–60
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 19–12 11–5 T–2nd NCAA First Round
2012–13 Iowa 20–11 8–8 7th
2013–14 Iowa 10–1 0–0
Iowa: 260–156 127–86
Total: 617–297

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

Current women's basketball head coaches of the Big Ten Conference

References

  1. ↑ "Aggressiveness+Confidence=Milestone". hawkeyesports.com. Jan 20, 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ "TWENTIETH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 2001". USA Basketball. Retrieved 22 May 2013. 
  3. ↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women%27s%20Basketball_Women%27s_Division%20I_1996_189_Drake%20University.pdf#page=2
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