Jan Jensen (basketball)

Jan Jensen
	Jensen with Iowa in 2025
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Iowa
Conference	Big 10
Record	23–11 (.676)
Biographical details
Born	December 6, 1968; Kimballton, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1991	Drake
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–2000	Drake (assistant)
2000–2024	Iowa (Associate HC)
2024–present	Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall	23–11 (.676)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	As assistant coach: 2× NCAA Regional — Final Four (2023, 2024); 5× Big Ten tournament champion (2001, 2019, 2022–2024); 2× Big Ten regular season champion (2008, 2022); 4× MVC tournament champion (1995, 1997, 1998, 2000); 3× MVC regular season champion (1997, 1998, 2000);
Awards
	As player: Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (1991); Gateway Conference MVP (1991); All-Gateway (1991); MVC Player of the Year (1991); 2x First-team All-MVC (1990, 1991); NCAA season scoring leader (1991); GTE Academic All-American Player of the Year (1991); MVC All-Centennial team (2007); No. 13 retired by Drake Bulldogs; As coach: WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year – Division I (2023); Maggie Dixon Award (2025);

Jan Jensen (born December 6, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and former basketball player. Jensen currently serves as the head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's team. She spent her playing career at Drake, where she led NCAA Division I women's in scoring in 1990–91.

Following her playing career, she became an assistant at Drake for her former head coach Lisa Bluder. Jensen followed Bluder to Iowa, joining her coaching staff there and succeeded Bluder as Iowa's head coach in 2024.