Career Division I Record
268-118 (.694)

Career Record
385-157 (.710)

National Coach of the Year (1)
2005-06 Division II

National Championships (1)
2005-06 Division II

20+ Win Seasons (10)
2023-24, 2021-22, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2002-03

Winning Seasons (16)
2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2002-03

Conference Coach of the Year (4)
2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 Summit League & 2002-03 GLIAC

Conference Regular Season Championships (6)
2021-22, 2019-20, 2017-18 Summit League & 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 GLIAC

Conference Tournament Championships (5)
2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 Summit League & 2005-06, 2004-05 GLIAC

NCAA Tournament Berths (9)
2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2002-03

Other Post-Season Berths (7)
2023-24, 2017-18, 2016-17 WNIT & 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13 WBI

Final DI Top 25 Poll Rankings (1)
2019-20

2021-22 Kay Yow National Coach of the Year

2005-06 WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year

Led Grand Valley State to the 2005-06 NCAA Division II National Championship

In 2023-24 (first season), led Minnesota to the program’s first winning season (20-16) in four seasons and a WNIT berth (Championship Game appearance)

In 2022-23, led West Virginia to a 19-12 (.613) overall and 10-8 (.556) Big 12 Conference record, as well as an NCAA Tournament berth – after the program was picked 8th (out of 10) in the Big 12 Conference preseason poll

2019-20, 2018-19, and 2017-18 Summit League Coach of the Year

From 2016 to 2022, led South Dakota to a 158-36 (.814) overall and 84-10 (.894) Summit League record, six consecutive winning seasons, four 28+ win seasons, three Summit League Regular Season Championships, three Summit League Tournament Championships, and four NCAA Tournament berths (2021-22 Sweet 16 appearance)

USD’s scoring offense finished nationally ranked 8th in 2019-20 and 20th in 2018-19, as well as 1st in the Summit League in 2020-21 and 2019-20

USD’s scoring defense finished nationally ranked 8th in 2021-22 and 19th in 2019-20, as well as 1st in the Summit League in 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, and 2017-18

USD ranked 20th nationally in 2021-22, 1st in 2019-20, 5th in 2018-19, 17th in 2017-18, and 3rd in 2016-17 in the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll

From 2012 to 2016, led Northern Kentucky to a 71-54 (.568) overall and 42-26 (.618) conference record, four consecutive winning seasons, and four consecutive post-season berths (first post-season berth and win in the program’s Division I history)

Guided NKU to both the most single-season (19) and conference (13) wins in the program’s Division I history

As a Division I Head Coach, has recruited and coached 43 all-conference team selections, as well as two Players of the Year, five Defensive Players of the Year, two Freshman/Newcomers of the Year, five Sixth Players of the Year, and the first WNBA draft pick (2022) in South Dakota program history

From 2002 to 2007, led Grand Valley State to a 117-39 (.750) record, three GLIAC Regular Season Championships, two GLIAC Tournament Championships, and four NCAA Tournament berths

As a Assistant Coach in the Big Ten, helped lead Michigan and Wisconsin to a combined total of three 20+ win seasons and five post-season berths (two NCAA Tournaments)

A two-time GLIAC Player of the Year and All-American, was inducted into the Michigan Technological University Sports Hall of Fame in 2006

9/26/23 – Dawn Plitzuweit, Minnesota Golden Gophers Prepare to Conquer Big Ten (Locked on Women’s Basketball)

3/31/23 – Plitzuweit Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach

3/20/23 – Dawn Plitzuweit’s University of Minnesota Press Conference

4/5/22 – Dawn Plitzuweit’s West Virginia University Press Conference

3/31/22 – Lyons Names Plitzuweit New Women’s Basketball Coach

7/11/19 – Plitzuweit Inks Five-Year Contract with USD

4/20/18 – Plitzuweit Contract Extended Through 2021

4/25/16 – Dawn Plitzuweit’s University of South Dakota Press Conference

4/25/16 – Plitzuweit Introduced as Head Coach

4/22/16 – South Dakota Names Plitzuweit Women’s Basketball Coach