Lisa Carlsen (basketball)

Last updated
Lisa Carlsen
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Northern Illinois
Conference MAC
Record134–138 (.493)
Biographical details
Alma mater Northwest Missouri State University
Playing career
1988–1992 Northwest Missouri State
1992–1995 Nebraska Express
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000 Omaha (asst.)
2000–2004 Omaha
2004–2007 Winona State (asst.)
2007–2015 Lewis
2015–present Northern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall318–302 (.513)

Lisa Carlsen is an American women's basketball coach and former basketball player. She is currently the women's basketball head coach at Northern Illinois University. She previously served as the women's basketball head coach at Lewis University and the University of Nebraska Omaha. [1]

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Early life and education

Carlson is from Earling, Iowa. [2] She attended Northwest Missouri State University where she played college basketball and was a named all-conference four times. [1] She was named 1992 Champion NCAA Female Athlete of the Year after her senior year. She also played college softball where she earned all-conference and all-region accolades. [2] She earned a bachelor's degree in 1992 and a master's degree in 1994 from Northwest Missouri State. [1] She played basketball professionally in the Women's Basketball Association for three seasons with the Nebraska Express. [2]

Coaching career

Prior to coaching basketball, she was a softball coach at St. Mary (Neb.) from 1994 to 1997 where she was the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year twice. [1] At Wayne State College (Neb.) she was the softball head coach and an assistant volleyball coach from 1997 to 1998. Her overall record as a softball coach was 120–51. [2]

Her first job as a basketball coach was in 1998 as an assistant at Omaha then in NCAA Division II. [3] [1] She was promoted to head coach in 2000 where she remained for four seasons with a record of 36–75. [2]

Lewis

She was the associate head coach at Winona State for three years before taking the women's basketball head coaching position at Lewis in 2007. [2] In eight seasons at Lewis she posted an overall record of 148–89 with appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament and two Great Lakes Valley Conference championships. [4] Her 2015 team went 31–3 and made the Division II Elite Eight. [5] They began the season 23–0. [6] She was named GLVC Coach of the Year and Division II National Coach of the Year. [7] During her tenure with the Flyers the program had a 100 percent graduation rate. [8]

Northern Illinois

On June 30, 2015 she was named the head coach at Northern Illinois. [9] Through the 2021–22 season her record at the school was 103–105. She led her team to the 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament. [10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Omaha (North Central Conference)(2000–2004)
2000–01 [11] Omaha 8–186–12
2001–02 [12] Omaha 11–187–11
2002–03 [13] Omaha 12–175–11
2003–04 [14] Omaha 5–220–14
Omaha:36–75 (.324)18–48 (.273)
Lewis (Great Lakes Valley Conference)(2007–2015)
2007–08 [15] Lewis 13–139–10
2008–09 [16] Lewis 16–1311–7
2009–10 [17] Lewis 18–1212–6
2010–11 [18] Lewis 15–167–10 NCAA Division II First Round
2011–12 [19] Lewis 8–205–13
2012–13 [20] Lewis 24–614–41st NCAA Division II First Round
2013–14 [21] Lewis 23–616–2 NCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15 [22] Lewis 31–317–11st NCAA Division II Elite Eight
Omaha:148–89 (.624)91–53 (.632)
Northern Illinois (Mid-American Conference)(2015–present)
2015–16 [23] Northern Illinois 11–194–146th (West)
2016–17 [24] Northern Illinois 21–1212–6T-3rd (West) WNIT First Round
2017–18 [25] Northern Illinois 15–157–115th (West)
2018–19 [26] Northern Illinois 19–1310–83rd (West)
2019–20 [27] Northern Illinois 11–197–11T-5th (West)
2020–21 [28] Northern Illinois 12–1210–87th
2021–22 [29] Northern Illinois 14–1511–9T-4th
2022–23 [30] Northern Illinois 16–178–10T-5th WBI 1st Round
2023–24 [31] Northern Illinois 15–168–10T-6th
Northern Illinois:134–138 (.493)77–87 (.470)
Total:318–302 (.513)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

She and her husband, Chris, have four children. [1]

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