Jan Jensen recently accepted the position to be the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Iowa. Jensen was born and raised in Kimballton, Iowa.  Jensen played high school basketball at Elk Horn-Kimballton High School where she led the country in scoring with 66 points per game back in 1987. She was inducted into the Iowa Girls High Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. Jensen also ran track and field, volleyball and softball while she was in high school. After high school Jensen accepted a scholarship to play college basketball at Drake University, where she was recruited by Lisa Bluder who was Drake head coach. In her senior season at Drake, Jensen led all Division 1 women’s basketball in scoring where she scored 30 points per game and was named a Kodak Honorable Mention All-American, a member of the All-Gateway team, and GRE Academic All-American Player of the Year. The Missouri Valley Conference named Jensen as one of the 35 greatest players in conference history. After her Drake career, Jensen went onto professional basketball in Europe where she played for BTV-Wuppertal in Germany from 1992-1993, where she helped the club with the German Club Championship. Jensen was then offered to be on Lisa Bluder’s coaching staff at Drake following her basketball playing career, where she was the recruiting coordinator. Jensen then was asked to be on the University of Iowa’s women’s basketball coaching when Bluder accepted the job to be the head coach of the Hawkeye’s.

Jensen talked about small town and rural work ethic in the Kimballton area.

Family still means a lot to Jensen.

Jensen commented on coaching alongside Lisa Bluder for the past 30 years.

Jensen said she really appreciates the fans she has in Southwest Iowa.

Jensen is very excited for this opportunity and looking forward to getting on the recruiting trail.