Lisa Bluder is probably known best as Caitlin Clark’s coach. But while most credit for Iowa’s success over the past two years has been heaped on the program’s 6-foot superstar on the court, Clark and the other Hawkeyes players give credit to the 62-year-old mentor on the sideline.
Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder, right, talks with guard Caitlin Clark during the fourth quarter of a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game against Colorado during the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder motions to players during the second quarter of a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game against Colorado during the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Albany, N.Y.
“Coach Bluder is a Hall of Fame coach,” Clark said Sunday. “I think the biggest thing for me throughout the recruiting process that I loved about her is she’s a player’s coach. She’s not going to have a set offense that you have to run. She’s going to tailor everything to what she has on her team and what’s going to put her team in positions to be very successful.”
Long-time assistant Jan Jensen, who played for Bluder at Drake, has been on her Iowa staff since 2000. She called her boss “one of the good guys” in women’s basketball.
But she’s also a great Xs and Os coach, Jensen said, echoing Clark’s point that Bluder is able to adapt to any style that best fits the strengths of the team she has at that moment. She has run everything from a triangle, to a basic motion, to the current read-and-react system recently that is designed to get Clark the ball in the best position possible, Jensen said.“We talk about growing the game? Look at their fan base,” Mulkey said.
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