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- Iowa women's basketball has its successor to Lisa Bluder. Less than 30 minutes after Bluder announced her surprising retirement from the Hawkeyes after 24 seasons working the sidelines, Hawkeyes associate head coach Jan Jensen was elevated to head coach, replacing her former college coach and mentor.
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- New York Times
Post-Caitlin Clark, Iowa women's basketball has a new coach but the same winning blueprint
Two weeks ago, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder walked out of her corner office, moseyed 20 feet down the hall, and poked her head in assistant Jan Jensen’s office. Bluder had just made her retirement ...
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- Heavy.com
New Iowa Basketball Coach in ‘Perfect Scenario’ Despite Caitlin Clark’s Exit
On May 13, longtime Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement, after 24 seasons spent at Iowa. Bluder is being replaced by Jan Jensen, who has been an ...
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Jan Jensen is in her 25th season with the Iowa women’s basketball team and her first as the head coach. Jensen was named the P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach on May 13, 2024. The position was endowed in 2021 by P. Sue Beckwith, MD, one of UI athletics’ most generous supporters.
May 16, 2024 · By Angie Holmes. Newly-retired Lisa Bluder to serve as advisor to coaching staff. Jan Jensen was introduced as the Iowa women's basketball team's new head coach at a press conference May 15, 2024, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Photo credit: Brian Ray/Iowa Athletics.
1 day ago · Raina Harmon, Abby Stamp and Tania Davis remain on the coaching staff, but Jensen needs to hire two coaches to replace Bluder and assistant Jenni Fitzgerald, who also retired after 24 seasons.
May 13, 2024 · Jan Jensen is set to become the sixth head coach of the Iowa women's basketball program, as it was announced shortly after Bluder's retirement announcement on Monday. To Hawkeye fans, Jensen is no stranger to the program as she has been a prominent figure on Bluder's bench for the last 24 seasons, including the 20 as Iowa's associate head coach ...
May 19, 2024 · Jensen – now 55 and always a proud and relentlessly positive Iowan – last week was announced as the sixth head women’s basketball coach in University of Iowa history. Jensen's lifelong love for...
May 16, 2024 · Not two full days after being announced as the head coach of the Iowa Women’s Basketball team, Jan Jensen met with the media yesterday afternoon to be introduced in her new role. Let’s just...
May 15, 2024 · A source with knowledge of Iowa's recruiting confirmed that the 2024 class has remained committed to Iowa, due in substantial part to Jensen's heavy role in recruiting all of them as associate head coach.
