Lisa Carlsen (basketball)

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]

Lisa Carlsen
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorthern Illinois
ConferenceMAC
Record119–122 (.494)
Biographical details
Alma materNorthwest Missouri State University
Playing career
1988–1992Northwest Missouri State
1992–1995Nebraska Express
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000Omaha (asst.)
2000–2004Omaha
2004–2007Winona State (asst.)
2007–2015Lewis
2015–presentNorthern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall303–286 (.514)

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
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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 15–167–10NCAA Division II First Round
2011–12[19] Lewis 8–205–13
2012–13[20] Lewis 24–614–41stNCAA Division II First Round
2013–14[21] Lewis 23–616–2NCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15[22] Lewis 31–317–11stNCAA 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-5thWBI 1st Round
2023–24[31] Northern Illinois ––
Northern Illinois: 119–122 (.494)69–77 (.473)
Total:303–286 (.514)

      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]

References
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  2. "Lisa Carlson - Women's Basketball Coach". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. "Nebraska-Omaha to make jump to D-I". ESPN. March 13, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
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  5. "Lisa Carlsen Named Head Coach at Northern Illinois". Whoopdirt. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  6. "No. 17 Drury Hands No. 1 Lewis Women's Hoops First Loss Of The Season 75-72". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  7. Nelson, Dennis. "Lewis' Lisa Carlsen named Division II Women's Basketball Coach of Year". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  8. "Carlsen hired as Northern Illinois head coach". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  9. "Div. II Coach of the Year Carlsen takes over at Northern Illinois". Rockford Star Register. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  10. Jaster, Ryan. "2017 WNIT bracket". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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  13. "2002-03 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Omaha Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  14. "2003-04 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Omaha Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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  16. "2008-09 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  17. "2009-10 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  18. "2010-11 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  19. "2011-12 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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  21. "2013-14 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  22. "2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lewis University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  23. "2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  24. "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  25. "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  26. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  27. "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  28. "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  29. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  30. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  31. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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