Lisa Bluder NCAA championship record: How many times has Iowa HC won a national championship?

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder has led the Hawkeyes to an incredible run to the NCAA Tournament championship game for two seasons in a row. Her 34th season has been her best, amassing a 34-4 record and standing one win away from capturing the national title.

Bluder's recent success is attributed to her great coaching as well as Iowa Star Caitlin Clark. The matchup against South Carolina on Sunday will be Clark's last game in the NCAA, as she recently declared for the 2024 WNBA draft.

The Iowa native is averaging 31.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 1.8 steals, making 5.2 threes per game with 37.8% accuracy heading to the NCAA Finals.

Let us break down the coaching career of Bluder, including records at Iowa and other schools.

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Lisa Bluder NCAA Championship record

Bluder has coached two schools in 34 seasons, 10 seasons with the Drake Bulldogs and 24 seasons with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Before the national championship game against South Carolina, Bluder has not won an NCAA title yet, but this could all change on Sunday.

She had success with the Drake and Iowa in the NCAA Tournament. The Northern Iowa alumnus, went to the Big Dance 22 times (24-21) going to the Final Four twice.

Bluder has coached 1,074 games, winning 716 of them (66.7% win percentage).

Here is the complete list of Lisa Bluder's win-loss record in NCAA Division 1 women's basketball.

Season	School	Conf	G	W	L	W-L%	Notes
1990-91	Drake	Gateway	30	13	17	43.30%
1991-92	Drake	Gateway	26	11	15	42.30%
1992-93	Drake	MVC	28	15	13	53.60%
1993-94	Drake	MVC	28	16	12	57.10%
1994-95	Drake	MVC	31	25	6	80.60%	Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
1995-96	Drake	MVC	29	16	13	55.20%
1996-97	Drake	MVC	30	23	7	76.70%	Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
1997-98	Drake	MVC	30	25	5	83.30%	Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
1998-99	Drake	MVC	31	21	10	67.70%
1999-00	Drake	MVC	30	23	7	76.70%	Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2000-01	Iowa	Big Ten	31	21	10	67.70%	Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2001-02	Iowa	Big Ten	29	18	11	62.10%	NCAA Tournament
2002-03	Iowa	Big Ten	33	18	15	54.50%
2003-04	Iowa	Big Ten	29	16	13	55.20%	NCAA Tournament
2004-05	Iowa	Big Ten	33	23	10	69.70%
2005-06	Iowa	Big Ten	29	17	12	58.60%	NCAA Tournament
2006-07	Iowa	Big Ten	30	14	16	46.70%
2007-08	Iowa	Big Ten	32	21	11	65.60%	Reg. Season Champion; NCAA Tournament
2008-09	Iowa	Big Ten	32	21	11	65.60%	NCAA Tournament
2009-10	Iowa	Big Ten	34	20	14	58.80%	NCAA Tournament
2010-11	Iowa	Big Ten	31	22	9	71.00%	NCAA Tournament
2011-12	Iowa	Big Ten	31	19	12	61.30%	NCAA Tournament
2012-13	Iowa	Big Ten	34	21	13	61.80%	NCAA Tournament
2013-14	Iowa	Big Ten	36	27	9	75.00%	NCAA Tournament
2014-15	Iowa	Big Ten	34	26	8	76.50%	NCAA Tournament
2015-16	Iowa	Big Ten	33	19	14	57.60%
2016-17	Iowa	Big Ten	34	20	14	58.80%
2017-18	Iowa	Big Ten	32	24	8	75.00%	NCAA Tournament
2018-19	Iowa	Big Ten	36	29	7	80.60%	Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2019-20	Iowa	Big Ten	30	23	7	76.70%
2020-21	Iowa	Big Ten	30	20	10	66.70%	NCAA Tournament
2021-22	Iowa	Big Ten	32	24	8	75.00%	Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament
2022-23	Iowa	Big Ten	38	31	7	81.60%	Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
2023-24	Iowa	Big Ten	38	34	4	89.50%	Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
Total Coaching Record			1074	716	358	66.67%

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How many national championship games has Lisa Bluder been to?

Bluder has coached two national championship games, one was last year (2023) against LSU, and the second is against Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, April 7.

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Who is the winningest coach at Iowa's women's basketball?

Lisa Bluder is the all-time winningest coach in Hawkeyes women's basketball history, garnering 528 wins in 781 games (67.6%). With 24 seasons in Iowa, she is also the longest-tenured head coach in the program's history.

	Seasons	School	G	W	L	W-L%
Lisa Bluder	24	Iowa	781	528	253	67.60%
Vivian Stringer	12	Iowa	353	269	84	76.20%
Angie Lee	5	Iowa	144	84	60	58.30%
Judy McMullen	2	Iowa	52	15	37	28.80%

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Iowa vs South Carolina national championship game details

The NCAA championship between Iowa and South Carolina will take place on Sunday, April 7, at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, located about nine miles northwest of Phoenix. tip off starts at 3 PM ET.

The game will be shown live on the ABC. Fans can also watch the game on streaming platforms such as DirecTV, Fubo and YouTube TV.