Lisa Bluder talks coaching future, retirement, & how her former players are doing in WNBA

Full 1-on-1 interview with former Iowa Hawkeye Head Coach Lisa Bluder.
She touches on a number of topics, like her coaching future, how her retirement is treating her, and how Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin are transitioning to the WNBA.
#WNBA #lisabluder #hawkeyes #iowa #collegebasketball #basketball
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[@SoCaliGuyHB394]

Lisa, get ready for the call. Fever in need of a quality/winning head coach.

[@dangabor8585]

Indeed!

[@angelas4681]

The Fever needs you, Coach!

[@laurapoisel4282]

Thank you so much for the years you worked as the women's Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team 🎉❤ Please help Caitlin 🙏😭

[@BenjWarrant]

She can't really do anything. Sides is not gonna be fired, and so that's the end of that.

[@DavidStewart-v5e]

Please coach the Indiana Fever!!!!!

[@Soccox]

I am a 65Yr old Pennsylvania man and I just want to thank Lisa Bluder for recruiting quality young ladies with class and making Iowa basketball an interest of mine. Iowa educational institutions are world class and so are the folks from Iowa. I have had the pleasure of working out there a few time in the past. 💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Love your story!! Everyone nice out that way❤ Lisa did a fantastic job with the girls on n off the court.

[@breezybreeze12]

Coach , we need you in the WNBA!!

[@MsRotorwings]

Agreed. But she wants to enjoy her retirement. And she deserves it!

[@michaelwilliams5234]

She just met with the Fever owner and Drake U head coach. I see change coming to Indiana

[@blackcrowvol2281]

That's the rumor going around right now.😏

[@MaxxZimonick]

Yeah, I hope this is true, but I really don’t believe it. If anything they probably want her advice on how to coach Caitlin.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

What, is it true mikey

[@Juke582]

Sure can hope!!!!

[@hollyhock3945]

Thank you for being a wonderful coach and mentor, both on and off the court.

[@johnkoay8097]

I think she has amazing personalities. I believe Lisa has always been great. Give her a hard working player and she will know how to turn her into a star.

[@AlfredoMiclat]

Lisa Bluder is a great coach.

[@barbdinsmore7189]

Great job Lisa, well miss you! ❤

[@werocktheplanet]

Great interview, thank you! Wow, What a special coach and human. CC's gonna have to adjust her expectations...and it's hard. All the best, Coach!

[@KenCoghill-m7v]

A classy coach and will go down as one of the best coaches in women’s college basketball! Congratulations on retirement and well done!

[@gwessel2]

I'm glad Caitlin is here in Indy! What great maturity on top of talent. It's obvious the Fever need to build around her. Why would coaches and players not want to be involved with this Clark wave? It's great for all.

[@Juke582]

Ask those haters! Starting with coach sides!

[@michaelengland6534]

What a coach! I like this lady. You can see how much she taught her players how to be better players and young adults. She has made her mark in life and sports. Hope she has a great retirement and gets to enjoy her son and trips with hubby

[@beckyumphrey2626]

She is such a.classy Lady.

[@francesw.6774]

What a smart, positive, well-spoken woman, not to mention a great basketball coach. She said clearly that she is done as a coach, which is too bad, as the Fever have an awful coach and Caitlin is suffering under her and Caitlin and the organization could desperately benefit from what Coach Bluder could bring to that team.

[@jameshamilton3487]

A Coach for all Seasons 🎉Thanks for the Memories🙏

[@Barret-paddles]

This is great! Thanks Coach 💜

[@cjpaup]

Excellent interview!

[@tootsx8675]

Love Lisa, she’s a great coach. ❤

[@chucks1673]

For me in 1974 (I think) ...sitting across from Iowa Head Football Coach Bob Comming's secretary outside Coach's office (in the old Field House ) where I had an appointment to hear what I needed to work on (ahhhh, everything apparently) ..... and there was a woman sitting at a small desk against the wall ... big happy smile ...Scottish accent ......stood up and introduced herself as the new AD for women sports (Title IX)....her name was Christine Grant .... the only thing I remember about our conversation was her great passion for field hockey (which I had never heard of...field hockey? ...the sport is huge at Iowa now) ...... so over 50 years later ...to hear a retiring Lisa Bluder (approx. 900 wins later) talk about her career and her two new WNBA rookies - -Cait and Kate .... is just surreal. She retired at the perfect time ..... enjoy your retirement , Lisa.

[@lalaurienne]

I hope Coach Bluder will be a help to C.C. if C.C. and the WNBA prove not to be a good match . No fault of Caitlin but her presence is exposing the WNBA's dark side.

[@Copterman]

What an awesome lady! I don’t believe the rumors that she will be the next Fever coach. Why would she take on the headache?

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Wouldn't be a headache for this Lady to make CC n her teammates shine !

[@Copterman]

@@Marie-kl5vd I’m referring to all the social discourse

[@alexhoffee1865]

Please please come to the Fever!!!

[@davidenix3039]

Fever & CC needs her to coach that team.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Omg yaas❤

[@jeannerader1349]

You just have to love Lisa Bluder!!!!!

[@ricardosalazar5743]

Lisa save Clark from Sales, she is not letting Clark play her game.

[@jaepowers3544]

You know she is seeing whats going on with Caitlin and this interview was awhile ago I heard, she's not going to get better with the way she's being treated and she knows it, but she can't be honest on camera or else she will blow up on social media and espn and she doesn't want that

[@Marie-kl5vd]

I'm sure CC told her "everything "

[@music20204]

U cant retire and u know IT…. CC needs u fever needs u…. U Better Anser that phone call…

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Haha,,,on u better, n I agree she better ❤

[@waxyblaze]

Breaks my heart we’ll never get to see her coach again, but I wish her the absolute best retirement ever. Well earned coach ❤️ but if you ever change your mind please come to the Fever 😭

[@haleyworden4]

The best coach

[@TemT8]

What a special woman. Thats all I have to say about that.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Hey,yes she is ! No wonder CC is a class act❤

[@TemT8]

@@Marie-kl5vd Heya Marie, I bet LB sent troops of 'Class Act's' into the world over her time as a coach. Like I said "Special Woman".

[@thewatchmen4920]

The FEVER needs you LSB

[@Marie-kl5vd]

What a lady,no wonder why CC has the smarts on n off the court,,n of course CC parents ❤

[@dangabor8585]

We are going to miss you Coach...

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Omg,2 weeks ago,i said,Lisa for hire,indiana Fever ! ❤Love this lady !

[@rrenda1]

Was this a recent interview or one done a month ago and just posted, I wonder.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

2wks ago

[@ricardoa.aggabao8413]

she seems to be right of her decision …

[@gloabelnhltraveler]

She should be the new coach/GM of the fever.

[@JoshuaMaxwell-vb7ex]

Lisa Caitlyn Clark needs you badly,this indiana fever coach is garbage and needs to be fired,plz come coach indiana fever

[@eldowns379]

I mean she isn’t wrong at all

[@artistamisto]

Bluder does not have the time to devote to being a WNBA HC. This interview reveals that she has all these plans away from being a coach. Spending time with family and going to Iowa games. She can consult, encourage and otherwise still be a mentor but ya'll can pretty much forget the Fever HC pipe dream.

[@maryseal7343]

Would love to see you coach the fever

[@dorothybianchi1149]

Bluder walks into Carver for first game with all Seniors from last two years. Wouldn’t that be special.

[@aaronnelson1191]

Enjoy your retirement. You've earned it.

[@antoniobatiancilajr7894]

Fever is need you

[@beebers99]

Duh. You can already see the writing on the wall for her to be Clark's next coach in wnba. We aren't that stupid.

[@dianekim647]

I see Lisa as a fever coach 🤭

[@elizabethcarolan1409]

PLEASE COME TO THE FEVER.

[@stargazer3677]

Lisa Bluder is the main reason Caitlin wasn’t prepared for the wnba.

[@EricBurgeson]

I like the comment by @SoCaliGuyHB394 when he said Lisa, get ready for the call, Fever in need of a winning coach; I agree, Christy Sides MUST GO!!! Lisa would turn that program around in a heartbeat, AND I think the Fever are VERY INTERESTED in hiring her, and will pay her BIG BUCKS!!! What a highly intelligent individual!!! But I do not think she wants to coach a "failing" franchise live the Fever, Lisa has won so much, she would rather coach the Las Vegas Aces, a winning program!!!

[@dukelombardi4565]

Thank you Lisa for coaching up Caitlin, and how to handle the massive media spotlight for her senior year.

[@colinkobel2868]

This lady is such a class act! Her years of coaching surely didn’t go to waste and the players and staff around her have benefited in so many ways. She has a huge hand in making women’s basketball a great game to watch. Thanks coach!

[@MaxxZimonick]

Lisa Bluder is to Caitlin Clark what Phil Jackson was to Michael Jordan! We need Lisa!

[@thebigdent]

PLEASE go coach CC! Her fans wanna see her succeed.

[@NancyEllis-r5p]

what a great coach she was..........and what a beautiful person she is.........loved the interview.

[@cami-loo108]

Lisa makes a good point. The WNBA needs to change the pettiness and lack of professionalism in the WNBA. Yes, there is hella talent in the WNBA, but the pettiness, jealousy, and ugliness are way over the top over the top.

[@reygelrobles5071]

If the Fever are smart they would hire her already due to basketball and marketing reasons.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Omg yes,,This will "explode"

[@TRamone01]

Chemistry is everything. Go Kate! Go Aces!

[@Juke582]

Please coach Fever!!!!! Oh gosh would you be the bomb there if Sides can be fired she is so horrible!

[@allananzorandia5592]

Fire Christie Sides and put in Liza Bruder and coach Catlain Clark and the feber team! Lets make WNBA games exciting! Sides out Bluder in!!

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Haaaa haaaaa

[@TbitPhimo]

Get ready Lisa please everyone is against CC her coach and teammates

[@lanihill5471]

Wishing you all the best, Lisa! Thank you for what you’ve done for women’s basketball. You coached these ladies not only about basketball but about life and I think they will always remember that.

[@mariafelix8413]

Please help Caitlin coach Lisa 🙏🙏🙏

[@SamanthaNasca]

Fun to hear from her a month into the wmba season

[@cortezforever]

Family first, but hopefully Lisa advises the Indiana Fever. Christie's solutions seem inadequate; Phil Handy should be hired to refine Caitlin's game like Hailey Van Lith's (she can afford it). Caitlin has no guidance until Herb Simon gets his act together and initiates sweeping changes to the organization. Until then Caitlin will continue floundering.

[@Oneanddone14]

She is not floundering. 15.6 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists per game. 90% free throws. Doing well.

[@cortezforever]

@@Oneanddone14 You are thinking 1 dimensional, good day.

[@Oneanddone14]

@@cortezforeverThat was three dimensions actually. They need a better coach with a more Caitlin-centric offense and 3 or 4 better players. But that is obvious. And trading for talent is tough because the Fever don't have much to offer. They should trade Caitlin for a minimum three players, which means it has to be a very good team to spare three for one.

[@fjn667]

Linn Dunn is 77 years old and Indiana will need a GM soon. I hope they think of Lisa when that day comes

[@Jpedez]

I watched this interview on KZbin two weeks ago.

[@IowasNewsNow]

We posted 2 minutes of this interview last week because we aired a snippet. This is the full interview.

[@nucl3arboNg]

@@IowasNewsNow So way before today's rumors lol

[@josephhiggins7216]

I agree, Coach. If I'd wanted to keep working, I wouldn't have retired. Took over a year, but I haven't had a job offer for a while. Except Uber. Those people just won't give up.

[@JuneHolloway23]

Thanks a million looking out for Caitlin Clark. A great coach and beautiful energy. Genuine interview.

[@shauncampbell4371]

TRANSLATION: CC and Kate Martin got drafted and Gabby Marshall graduated, the team is going to suck in all likelihood so imma retire before i get fired.

[@charliejg]

Coach, you would make a great impact as a coach's mentor. Every coach could stand to learn how to create relationships with players like you did. All the best to you in retirement!

[@BenjWarrant]

If she doesn't have her own dedicated seat for life, someone's not doing their job.

[@galenhammond-x4j]

This is such a good interview! Thanks.

[@deejolley5462]

We will miss you Lisa!!!

[@JS-ek8zo]

Fabulous coach

[@paulchez5102]

She is a class act and super talented coach! I hope thecWNBA brings her in as a consultant or commentator in some capacity in the future. An analyst? Anything. She is so relevant to the game and these new players that have made the league, relevant, period.

[@Marie-kl5vd]

Lisa sees the split in Team Fever

[@josephhiggins7216]

Kate, Gabby, and Molly never got the credit they deserved. That little push in the back that ended Molly's career quite possibly cost them an NCAA title. Kate Martin will be a starter by next season. She's a defensive terror and a deadly shooter. She's bigger, stronger, tougher, and meaner than Caitlin. She's a big part of those 1144 assists Caitlin racked up at Iowa.