Jenni Fitzgerald, longtime Iowa women’s basketball assistant, follows Lisa Bluder into retirement
7 months ago

Jenni Fitzgerald, longtime Iowa women’s basketball assistant, follows Lisa Bluder into retirement

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Assistant coach Jenni Fitzgerald, who worked for 32 years on Lisa Bluder’s staffs at Drake and Iowa, announced her retirement Wednesday. Fitzgerald follows Bluder into retirement rather than continue on the staff of new Iowa coach Jan Jensen, who was her teammate at Drake from 1986-90. Fitzgerald served as a special assistant to Bluder and an assistant coach over 24 years at Iowa, and she spent eight seasons before that with Bluder at Drake. Retiring is bittersweet, but I know I’m one of the few people that can say they had the honor of working alongside their best friends for 32 years.” As a coach primarily responsible for the guards, a recruiter and the team’s primary strategist, Fitzgerald helped Iowa make 22 postseason appearances, including 18 NCAA Tournaments.

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Iowa’s Jan Jensen hires coach of Division III Washington U. and a Tar Heels’ staffer as assistants
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Jan Jensen hires coach of Division III Washington U. and a Tar Heels’ staffer as assistants

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Randi Henderson, the head coach at Division III Washington University, and North Carolina assistant Sean Sullivan have been hired as women’s basketball assistants at Iowa, coach Jan Jensen announced Wednesday. Henderson also was an assistant at Charlotte for two years, head coach at Coe College in Iowa for nine years and head coach at Minnesota-Morris for …

Jan Jensen’s loyalty and patience pay off with her promotion to Iowa women’s basketball head coach
7 months, 1 week ago

Jan Jensen’s loyalty and patience pay off with her promotion to Iowa women’s basketball head coach

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jan Jensen had numerous head coaching opportunities in her 24 years as an assistant on Lisa Bluder’s coaching staff at Iowa. “I’d like to think they’re coming in with a mentality, little chip on their shoulder,” she said, “because most everybody else is going to say, ‘Hey, you lost all that.’ ” Iowa sold out every …

Caitlin Clark pays tribute to retiring Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder after two national championship appearances together: 'Thank you for believing in me more than anyone'
7 months, 1 week ago

Caitlin Clark pays tribute to retiring Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder after two national championship appearances together: 'Thank you for believing in me more than anyone'

Daily Mail  

Caitlin Clark paid tribute to her former head coach, Lisa Bluder, who stepped down from the helm of the Iowa women's basketball program on Monday. Over a 13-month period, Clark and Bluder helped the viewership record more than double to 18.7million for Iowa-South Carolina's national championship showdown last month. Clark led Iowa to back-to-back national-championship appearances with Bluder in charge …

Lisa Bluder retires after Clark-led Iowa teams reach past 2 NCAA title games. Jensen named successor
7 months, 1 week ago

Lisa Bluder retires after Clark-led Iowa teams reach past 2 NCAA title games. Jensen named successor

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Lisa Bluder, who coached the Iowa women’s basketball team to the past two NCAA championship games, announced Monday that she is retiring after 24 years leading the Hawkeyes. After then taking some time away with my husband, David, it became clear to me that I am ready to step aside.” The 63-year-old Bluder retires as the all-time Big Ten coaching …

Lisa Bluder, in her 40th year as a head coach, looking to lead Iowa to its first NCAA title
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lisa Bluder, in her 40th year as a head coach, looking to lead Iowa to its first NCAA title

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Lisa Bluder is probably known best as Caitlin Clark’s coach. 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.” Bluder was the Naismith national coach of the year in 2019, the year she coached another national player of the year in …

Iowa AD Gary Barta announces retirement after 17 years at Big Ten school
1 year, 6 months ago

Iowa AD Gary Barta announces retirement after 17 years at Big Ten school

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta will retire on August 1 after 17 years at the university, the school announced Friday. In September, Iowa hired former Ball State athletic director Beth Goetz to be deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer, putting her in position to possibly succeed Barta. “This decision didn’t come suddenly, nor did …

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