Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder was already a legend in her own right heading into this season. She’s been the head coach at Iowa since 2000 and has made the NCAA Tournament 18 times, including taking the Hawkeyes to the Final Four in the past two seasons.
Last season, Iowa lost to LSU, 102-85, in the women’s national championship. Bluder and the Hawkeyes got revenge on LSU this past weekend in the Elite Eight, though, beating the Tigers, 94-87, to advance to play UConn in the Final Four.
The national championship is obviously the goal for Bluder and Iowa, and with superstar Caitlin Clark in their corner, they just may achieve it, but its worth noting that this Final Four run has already been super lucrative for the head coach. Just for making it to the last four standing, she’s earned a cool $100,000 bonus.