Sports: Basketball Coach
Inducted: 2006
Basketball Coach 1983-1995
Three time national Coach of the year in 1982, 88, 93; Two time Big Ten Coach of the year in 1991, 93; Coached Iowa to nine NCAA Tournament berths (Final Four, 1993, Elite Eight, 1987, 88, Sweet Sixteen, 1989), ten twenty victory seasons, six Big Ten Conference Championships, eleven consecutive winning seasons, national Player of the Year, three All-Americans, two Big Ten Players of the Year, eight All-Big Ten Conference players, and seven Academic All-Big Ten selections; Career home game record of 148-25 (.853), Big Ten Conference record of 169-45 (.790), and overall Iowa record of 269-84 (.762); First coach to take three different schools to NCAA Tournament Final Four, Cheney, 1982, Iowa, 1993, Rutgers, 200; Head Coach of World University Games Silver medal Team in 1984 and Pan American Games Bronze Medal Team in 1991; Assistant Coach of United States Olympic Gold Medal Team in 2004; and Member of Women’s Basketball hall of Fame in 2001.
