She's back!
Lisa Bluder, the 2019 Naismith Coach of the Year, is returning to women's college basketball in a different capacity for the 2025-2026 season.
Bluder retired after the 2024 season, during which she guided the Hawkeyes to their second consecutive National Championship appearance.
Iowa is the only Big Ten program to make back-to-back championship games after playing in the 2023 and 2024 National Championship.
Bluder has been enjoying her retirement, including returning to Iowa City for Caitlin Clark's jersey retirement ceremony and singing the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field over the summer.