Bluder tells QC her next chapter includes NBC analyst debut

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By: Kenda Burrows|November 13, 2025

|8 min read

Former Iowa Women's Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder poses with Herky the Hawk and a contigent of women from St. Ambrose University at the Women Lead Change Quad Cities Conference. CREDIT JENNIFER DEWITT

Life looks different these days but no less busy for the Big Ten’s all-time winningest coach Lisa Bluder following her retirement after 24 years as the highly decorated University of Iowa women’s basketball coach.

Wednesday, Nov. 12, for example, found her sharing words of wisdom with an appreciative overflow crowd of more than 700 women and a few men gathered at the Waterfront Convention Center for…

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