Final Four matchup on Friday features two legends: Lisa Bluder of Iowa and Dawn Staley of South Carolina.

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Friday nights matchup versus South Carolina will be the Iowa womens basketball teams first Final Four participation since 1993.

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Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark wont be the only two superstars duking it out on the court.

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Before they face off in Dallas with a berth in the national championship game on the line here is a rundown of how each coach arrived to this point.

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In 1983 Bluder—a native of Marion—graduated from Northern Iowa. On the Panthers basketball team she started for three seasons.

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in 108 games throughout the course of her career. In 2000 she was admitted into the UNI Hall of Fame.

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The University of Virginia student-athlete Staley a Philadelphia native who enrolled there and helped the Cavaliers win four NCAA Tournament

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Despite playing in three Final Fours and one national Championship game she has never taken home the trophy. When she graduated from UVA she had twice been named the nations best player and held multiple school records.

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Afterwards she played professionally in the WNBA and ABL. Together with that she helped Team USA win three Olympic gold medals.

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In her hometown Staley began her coaching career in 2000 at Temple University where she spent eight seasons and assisted the Owls in making six NCAA Tournament trips.

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Throughout her tenure at Temple she continued to play in the WNBA earning three of her five All-Star Game honors while coaching and she retired after the 2006 season.

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Bluder has been living in Iowa City for 23 years. The Bulldogs made five NCAA Tournament trips under her leadership during her ten seasons at Drake.

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On April 7 2000 she was appointed the Hawkeyes head coach. She has never worked beyond the state of Iowa in her 39 years as a collegiate head coach.

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Before Fridays game she has an 850-386 overall coaching record and a 493-245 mark with the Hawkeyes.

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