Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball Coach

Last Modified Dec 2, 2024 12:50 GMT
Jan Jensen

The Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball program plays in the Big Ten conference. The program has made it to three Final Fours and is yet to win its first women's basketball championship.

Iowa has been routinely placed in the top 15 in the country for attendance volume and came close to winning their first national title in 2023 but eventually lost the title game 102-85 to LSU. The team has made it to the NCAA Tournament 30 times in the program's history and have been one of the steadiest programs in collegiate basketball.

Iowa Women’s Basketball Head Coach 2024

Jan Jensen has begun her first season as head coach of the Hawkeyes women’s basketball program in the 2024/25 season. She served the last 24 years on Lisa Bluder’s coaching staff as an associate head coach. During the 2023/24 season, Jensen was honoured with the WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year.

Furthermore, Jensen led Iowa to back-to-back national title games in 2023 and 2024. Following Bluder’s sudden announcement in 2024, Jensen was named the new head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Jan Jensen’s Physical Attributes

Age 56 years old, as of December 2024
Height 5 feet 10 inches (1.78m)
Weight N/A

Jan Jensen’s Age

Jan Jensen is 56 years old, as of December 2024. She was born on December 6, 1968, in Kimballton, Iowa, United States.

Jan Jensen’s Height

Jan Jensen stands at 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 meters.

Iowa Basketball Head Coach, year-by-year

The head coaches of Iowa basketball are as follows, year by year:

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1974-1979Lark Birdsong5--
1982-1983Judy McMullen115-37.288
1984-1995Vivian Stringer12269–84.762
1996–2000Angie Lee584–60.583
2001-2024Lisa Bluder24528–254.675
2024-presentJan Jensen---

Iowa Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff 2024

The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team's coaching staff is listed below, as of December 2024:

NameTitle
Jan JensenP. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Randi HendersonAssistant Coach
Sean SullivanAssistant Coach, General Manager
Raina HarmonAssistant Coach, Director of Recruiting
Abby StampAssistant Coach
Tania DavisAssistant Coach, Director of Player Development
Hannah BluderDirector, Basketball Operations
Ben LoberVideo Coordinator and Director of Analytics

Iowa Women's Basketball Assistant Coaches

Randi Henderson, Sean Sullivan, Raina Harmon and Abby Stamp are the four assistant coaches of the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball program. Henderson came back to the Iowa program in 2024 after spending the last seven years at Washington University as a head coach. She also worked at Coe College, the University of Minnesota-Morris and Charlotte.

Sean Sullivan was named Iowa women’s new basketball coach in the summer of 2024. He was a part of the women’s basketball staff at Penn State, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina. Sullivan was the director of player personnel, development, and recruiting operations at North Carolina before being promoted to assistant during the 2023/24 season.

Raina Harmon has entered her eighth season with the Iowa women’s basketball program whereas Abby Stamp is in her 16th year with the Hawkeyes program.

Iowa Women’s Basketball Support Staff 2024

The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team's support staff is listed below, as of December 2024:

NameTitle
Lindsay AlexanderAssociate Strength & Conditioning Coach, Special Assistant to the SWA
Andrea ChilcoteAssistant Athletic Trainer
Brenda KralSecretary
Bailey TurnerAssociate Director, Strategic Communications

FAQs on Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball Coach

A. Jan Jensen is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team.

A. Jan Jensen guided the Iowa Hawkeyes to 18 NCAA tournaments as an associate head coach.

A. Randi Henderson, Sean Sullivan, Raina Harmon and Abby Stamp are the assistant coaches for Iowa women’s basketball in 2024.

A. Jan Jensen has been with the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball program since 2000.

A. Hannah Bluder is the serving Director of Women’s Basketball Operations for Iowa in 2024.

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