Lisa Bluder era of Iowa women’s basketball, by the numbers

IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder’s retirement after 24 seasons as the Iowa head women’s basketball coach — and the subsequent promotion of Jan Jensen as her replacement — marks the end of an era.

It was an era that featured unprecedented success both for the Hawkeyes on the court and for the sport of women’s basketball as a whole off the court.

Here is a look at the Lisa Bluder’s historic tenure with the Hawkeyes, by the numbers:

1 — Lisa Bluder is the only coach from the Big Ten since 2000 to be named the Naismith National Coach of the Year. It happened in 2019.

2 — National championship game appearances (and the only ones in program history)

3 — Times that Bluder was named Big Ten Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2010)

3 — Times that a Bluder-coached athlete was named the Naismith National Player of the Year

4 — Consensus All-Americans from Iowa under Bluder’s tutelage

4 — Seasons with the Hawkeyes finishing in the top 10 of the Associated Press Poll since 2019

5 — Big Ten tournament titles (and two Big Ten regular-season titles)

5 — Times advancing to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, including three trips to the Elite Eight

18 — Wins over teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll

22 — Postseason appearances (18 in NCAA tournament and four in WNIT) in 24 seasons

32 — Wins in Big Ten tournament games (the most for any coach)

40 — Seasons as a head coach, including her six years at St. Ambrose and 10 years at Drake. She had a winning record in all but three of those seasons.

65 — Iowa players who earned all-Big Ten honors in the Bluder era

65 — Wins in Lisa Bluder’s last two seasons as head coach. The 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons were the two most successful years in program history.

150 — Appearances in the AP Poll

262 — Big Ten wins, which are the most in conference history.

528 — Wins as Iowa head coach, which are the most among any Iowa men’s or women’s basketball coach in school history.

.691 — Lisa Bluder’s all-time winning percentage as a head coach (including her time at St. Ambrose and Drake)

884 — Total wins as a head coach, which rank 10th in NCAA women’s basketball history. The only active coach to have more wins than Bluder is UConn’s Geno Auriemma.

14,914 — Iowa women’s basketball’s 2023-24 average home attendance, which broke the Big Ten single-season record.

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