The Daily Iowan: What is your favorite part about coaching at the University of Iowa?

Lisa Cellucci: It is just a real honor and privilege to work at my alma mater because I am a product of this program. [I love] really just being able to give back in a way because this program and university gave so much to me. And [I love] to empower young women.

Do you have any fun postgame traditions you like to do with the team?

The team will often give me bribes here or there, saying, ‘If we score four goals today, can you get us some ice cream?’ Or something like that. Before big games, I will let them give me a little challenge. If I feel like it is OK and appropriate, we will go ahead and execute that. It usually does work, so I am always glad.

What is your favorite sport to go to for Iowa athletics?

I love going to women’s basketball, and I love going to wrestling meets. Wrestling was big in Pennsylvania — that’s where I was from — but I never really went to a wrestling match. Then I came to one of my first ones here as a student-athlete, and it was Iowa versus Iowa State, and I had never seen anything like that.

What cool stadiums have you coached on outside of Grant Field?

The University of North Carolina has a beautiful stadium. And Michigan as well. Those are probably my two favorites. And then we have just had some unbelievable battles at Penn State and some really memorable wins for Iowa field hockey there.

What is the most gratifying moment you have had during your Iowa tenure?

Making sure that the players that go through this program understand the women whose backs they are standing on and who have laid the foundation. [We have] to represent all the women that have come before me.