Allison Pohlman

Allison Pohlman
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Drake
Conference	MVC
Record	42–24
Biographical details
Born	October 6, 1977; Wellsburg, Iowa
Alma mater	University of Northern Iowa
Playing career
1996–2000	Northern Iowa
Position(s)	Small forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2006	Northern Iowa (assistant)
2006–2007	Northern Iowa (associate)
2007–2014	Drake (assistant)
2014–2021	Drake (associate)
2021–present	Drake
Head coaching record
Overall	42–24

Allison Pohlman (née Starr; born October 6, 1977) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team. She took over the position in April 2021, following Jennie Baranczyk's hiring at Oklahoma.[1] Pohlman had been an associate head coach and assistant coach at Drake since 2007. Prior to Drake, she was an assistant coach at Northern Iowa, her alma mater, and served as associate head coach there from 2006 to 2007.

Playing career

A Wellsburg, Iowa native, playing at Northern Iowa, Pohlman was named to the Missouri Valley Conference's All-Freshman team and, in the three successive seasons, she was named All-MVC First Team and to the conference's All-Defensive Team. She finished her playing career with 1,463 points, 711 rebounds, and 274 steals.[2] In 2011, she was inducted into the UNI Hall of Fame.[3]

Coaching career

Pohlman began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Northern Iowa for the 2000–01 season, before being promoted to an assistant coach the following season and associate head coach in 2006. She joined Drake prior to the 2007–08 season. When Baranczyk was named the head coach at Drake in 2012, she retained Pohlman and promoted her to associate head coach in 2014. Pohlman was also recruiting coordinator for Drake. She was promoted to head coach in April 2021.[1][2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (2021–present)
2021–22	Drake	20–14	9–9	T-6th	WNIT Super Sixteen
2022–23	Drake	22–10	14–6	T-4th	NCAA First Round
Drake:		42–24 (.636)	23–15 (.605)
Total:		42–24 (.636)
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

Pohlman and her husband Kirk are the parents of triplet daughters, Quinn, Rubie and Sidny, born July 30, 2006.[4]

References

"Drake promoting Pohlman to head women's basketball coach". Daily Herald. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
Birch, Tommy. "Allison Pohlman named new Drake women's basketball coach; served as associate to departing Jennie Baranczyk". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
"Allison (Starr) Pohlman (2011) – Hall of Fame". UNI Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
Christensen, Emily (September 2, 2006). "Cedar Falls couple learn to juggle life with triplets". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

Bio at Drake Athletics
Press release of Drake promotion

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[APAP-1] "Drake promoting Pohlman to head women's basketball coach". Daily Herald. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[DMRAP-2] Birch, Tommy. "Allison Pohlman named new Drake women's basketball coach; served as associate to departing Jennie Baranczyk". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[3] "Allison (Starr) Pohlman (2011) – Hall of Fame". UNI Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-12.

[4] Christensen, Emily (September 2, 2006). "Cedar Falls couple learn to juggle life with triplets". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved April 20, 2021.