Lisa Bluder  

She was introduced as the Hawkeyes' fifth head coach on April 7, 2000. The native of Marion, IA, came to Iowa after spending 10 successful seasons at Drake University.

She was the all-time winningest coach in Big Ten history with an overall record of 528-254 and a Big Ten record of 262-145. Under her leadership, the Hawkeyes advanced to the last two National Championship Games (2023 and 2024), and made 22 postseason appearances overall (18 NCAA and 4 WNIT), including 14 of the last 16 NCAA Tournaments. She led the Hawkeyes to five Big Ten Tournament titles, and two shared Big Ten regular season championships.

She was named the Naismith Coach of the Year (2019), was a three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2010), four-time regional coach of the year (2001, 2008, 2018, 2019), and the Carol Eckman Award winner (2015) in addition to being an inductee into the Des Moines Register Hall of Fame (2016), the Quad City Times Hall of Fame (2012), the Linn-Mar Athletic Hall of Fame (2008) and the Northern Iowa Hall of Fame (2000). She amassed 884 career wins, 10th most in NCAA women’s basketball history.