Allison Pohlman
{{Short description|American collegiate basketball coach}}
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| caption = Pohlman in 2023
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Drake
| current_conference = MVC
| current_record = {{winpct|93|42|record=y}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|6}}
| birth_place = Wellsburg, Iowa
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| alma_mater = University of Northern Iowa
| player_years1 = 1996–2000
| player_team1 = Northern Iowa
| player_positions = Small forward
| coach_years1 = 2001–2006
| coach_team1 = Northern Iowa (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2006–2007
| coach_team2 = Northern Iowa (associate)
| coach_years3 = 2007–2014
| coach_team3 = Drake (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2014–2021
| coach_team4 = Drake (associate)
| coach_years5 = 2021–present
| coach_team5 = Drake
| overall_record = {{winpct|93|42|record=y}}
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| coaching_records = MVC Coach of the Year (2024)
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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.{{cite web |title=Drake promoting Pohlman to head women's basketball coach |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210419/sports/304199929 |work=Daily Herald |access-date=April 20, 2021}} 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.{{cite web |last=Birch |first=Tommy |title=Allison Pohlman named new Drake women's basketball coach; served as associate to departing Jennie Baranczyk |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/drake/drake-bulldogs/2021/04/18/new-drake-bulldogs-womens-basketball-head-coach-allison-pohlman-jennie-baranczyk/7276944002/ |work=The Des Moines Register |access-date=April 20, 2021}} In 2011, she was inducted into the UNI Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|title=Allison (Starr) Pohlman (2011) – Hall of Fame|url=https://unipanthers.com/honors/hall-of-fame/allison-starr-pohlman/141|access-date=2021-06-12|website=UNI Athletics|language=en}}
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. In 2024, she was named Coach of the Year in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| name = Drake Bulldogs
| startyear = 2021
| endyear =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2021–22
| name = Drake
| overall = 20–14
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T-6th
| postseason = WNIT Super Sixteen
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2022–23
| name = Drake
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = T-4th
| postseason = NCAA First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2023-24
| name = Drake
| overall = 29–6
| conference = 19–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024-25
| name = Drake
| overall = 22–12
| conference = 15–5
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason = WBIT First Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Drake
| overall = {{Winning percentage|93|42|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|57|21|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|93|42|record=y}}
}}
Personal life
Pohlman and her husband Kirk are the parents of triplet daughters, Quinn, Rubie and Sidny, born July 30, 2006.{{cite web |last1=Christensen |first1=Emily |title=Cedar Falls couple learn to juggle life with triplets |url=https://wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/cedar-falls-couple-learn-to-juggle-life-with-triplets/article_1c1baa32-427c-58c4-9d23-05c1afee4352.amp.html |work=The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |access-date=April 20, 2021 |date=September 2, 2006}}
References
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External links
- [https://godrakebulldogs.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1108 Bio] at Drake Athletics
- [https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2021/4/18/allison-pohlman-named-suzie-glazer-burt-head-womens-basketball-coach-at-drake-university.aspx Press release of Drake promotion]
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