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EVER. ����vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER IS HERE WITH MORE ON TODAY’S UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT. AND SCOTT, A FAMILIAR FACE, THOUGH, IS TAKING HIS PLACE. YEAH, IOWA PROMOTED LONG TIME ASSISTANT JAN JENSEN TO HEAD COACH. AND IF YOU WERE SHOCKED BY THE NEWS OF BLUDER STEPPING DOWN, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. BLUDER IS 10TH ALL TIME IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL. COACHING WINS WITH 884, AND SHE’S AT THE TOP OF HER GAME RIGHT NOW. ONLY 63 YEARS OLD. SHE COACHED IOWA TO BACK TO BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AND RECORD SETTING SEASONS. BLUDER DID NOT DO INTERVIEWS ON MONDAY. WE TRIED, BUT HERE IS HER EXPLANATION THAT WE GOT IN A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO, SHE SAID. AFTER THE SEASON ENDED, I SPENT TIME WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES, REVIEWING THE SEASON AND PREPARING THOSE MOVING ON FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. WITH THAT ALSO CAME PERSONAL CONTEMPLATION ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNEY HAS MEANT TO ME, HOW TO BEST CHAMPION THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR MY FAMILY AND ME. AFTER THEN TAKING SOME TIME AWAY WITH MY HUSBAND DAVID, IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT I AM READY TO STEP ASIDE MY BELIEF IN THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PROGRAM, KNOWING THAT SUCCESS IS NOW AN UNRELENTING COMPONENT OF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT IOWA, GIVES ME COMFORT AS I TRANSITION TO BECOME THE PROGRAM’S BIGGEST CHAMPION. YOU CAN READ THE FULL RELEASE ON OUR WEBSITE AND APP BLUDER. SPENT 40 YEARS AS A COLLEGIATE COACH THAT INCLUDES A DECADE AT DRAKE, THE LAST 24 AT IOWA. SHE’S A HALL OF FAMER, AND CAITLIN CLARK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO TWEET OUT SAYING SIMPLY NO ONE BETTER AT BUILDING A TEAM. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME MORE THAN ANYONE. ENJOY RETIREMENT COACH VERY MUCH DESERVED. CLARKE ALSO TWEETED HER SUPPORT FOR JENSEN, SAYING THE ONLY OPTION THERE EVER WAS. YOU DESERVE THIS MORE THAN ANYONE. CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH YOU LEAD THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW JAN JENSEN IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED WEDNESDAY AT 1:00. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN IOWA CITY, AND TALK ABOUT WAITING FOR HER CHANCE. THIS WOMAN SPENT 33 YEARS COACHING WITH BLUDER, FIRST AT DRAKE, AND THEN WENT WITH HER TO IOWA. THE PAST 20 YEARS, JENSEN HAD THE TITLE OF ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AT IOWA. JENSEN SAID THAT LISA HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE PROGRAM, TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES, BROUGHT JOY TO ALL WHO LOVE THE HAWKEYES, AND WORDS CAN APPROPRIATELY EXPRESS ALL THE GRATITUDE SHE SHARES WITH SO