Iowa women's basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement from the sport on Monday — about a month after the Hawkeyes lost the national title game to South Carolina.
Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement on Monday as former Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark nears her pro debut with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. Bluder’s longtime assistant Jan Jensen was named her successor. 'There is no denying that this past season was incredible for so many reasons, and we could not have accomplished our achievements without all of you,' Bluder said in an open letter to fans.
With that also came personal contemplation about what this journey has meant to me, how to best champion this program, and what the future looks like for my family and me. After then taking some time away with my husband, David, it became clear to me that I am ready to step aside.' Bluder’s retirement came more than a month after Iowa dropped its second consecutive national championship — this time it was to South Carolina.
Simply no one better at building a team,' Clark wrote on X. 'Thank you for believing in me more than anyone. Enjoy retirement, coach. Very much deserved.' Jensen will take the reins starting in the 2024-25 season. She was an associate head coach under Bluder for 20 years. She was also with Bluder when they were at Drake. She was an All-American at Drake and the highest-scoring player ever in six-on-six basketball at El Horn-Kimballton High School in Iowa.
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