After nine seasons helping guide one of the most successful eras in program history, Colorado College assistant women's basketball coach Lisa Guhl has announced her retirement following 35 years of coaching in the Colorado Springs community.

Guhl joined the CC staff in 2017 alongside head coach Katherine Auguste and helped shape a competitive culture that produced some of the most successful teams in program history.

During that span, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 138–87, captured back-to-back SCAC regular-season titles, produced three All-Americans and numerous All-SCAC selections, and earned the second NCAA Tournament berth in program history during the 2024–25 season.

That season proved to be a historic one for CC, as the Tigers recorded a program-record 23 victories. The team's success was part of a sustained run that saw CC post three consecutive 20-win seasons, a feat the program had not accomplished since 1981.

"What Lisa brought to our program in her years at CC is hard to capture," head coach Katherine Auguste said. "In my early years as a head coach, the opportunity to work with someone with her expertise and love for the process was eye-opening and inspirational. As the years went on, we proved to be great thought partners and true co-architects of the trajectory of this program in all facets: on-court system, recruiting, leadership development and (most importantly) care for our student-athletes."

While Guhl's time at CC marked an important chapter in the program's recent rise, her coaching career began decades earlier in the Colorado Springs community.

She began coaching in 1991, leading a middle school boys soccer team at Colorado Springs Christian School and becoming the first female to coach a boys team at the school.

Guhl went on to coach primarily at the varsity level at Evangelical Christian Academy, Colorado Springs Christian School, The Classical Academy, Rampart High School, and Cheyenne Mountain High School, developing competitive programs and mentoring coaches and student-athletes along the way.

Among the highlights of her high school coaching career, Guhl was named Colorado Springs and 3A State Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading Colorado Springs Christian School to an undefeated season before falling in the state championship game.

During her time at The Classical Academy, she and fellow coach Lisa Miller helped pioneer one of the first known varsity co-head coaching arrangements in Colorado, turning a 2–20 team into a 16–8 regional qualifier within three seasons.

Her coaching résumé also includes success in soccer, where she was named Colorado Springs High School Soccer Coach of the Year in 1999 after leading Colorado Springs Christian School to a 41–12–1 record over three seasons.

Over the course of her coaching journey, Guhl worked with both boys and girls programs and even had the opportunity to coach her son and twin daughters—her three children—an experience she has often described as one of the most rewarding parts of her career.

"My passion and strength throughout my career was turning poor-performing programs into winning programs with a focus on building relationships and valuing every player through a defensive and transition offensive style of team play," Guhl said. "I loved the opportunity to teach a defensive-focused and up-tempo style of play, which helped players believe they could win and have fun doing it. This is what made coming to CC such a good fit for me, and after nine years and three straight 20-win seasons, as well as coaching some All-Americans along the way, I feel I have fulfilled my purpose.

"The past nine seasons with head coach Katherine Auguste and the CC Tigers women's basketball team have been the perfect ending to my career. I am grateful for the opportunity to have met and learned from so many players and coaches in my time here. It's been truly fulfilling, and I look forward to their continued success."

As she steps away from the sidelines, Guhl leaves behind a legacy defined by mentorship, dedication, and a lasting impact on the CC women's basketball program.

"All that we have achieved to-date has had Lisa's hand in it, and I know this sentiment is echoed by the dozens of individuals lucky enough to play for her and us while wearing a Colorado College jersey," Auguste said. "Lisa raised levels of pride, belief and execution within our program and everyone within it by how she showed up each day. I'm grateful for her friendship, care and ability to inspire… she has left CC basketball markedly better than she found it, and I hope she takes such pride in that fact."
 
CC Athletics thanks Coach Guhl for her years of service and wishes her the very best in retirement.