![Governor Mark Dayton poses for a portrait with Stephanie Schleuder (cq/source), co-chair of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day event at the Minnesota State Capitol. Dayton presented a proclamation recognizing February 1 as Minnesota's Girls and Women in Sports day. ] MARISA WOJCIK marisa.wojcik@startribune.com Wednesday, February 1, 2012 was the 26th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day at the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the Title IX amendment which guarentees equal opportunity to participation in any education program or activity, regardless of sex or gender. The event honored Minnesota leadership on issues involving women and girls in sports.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/JLVQ23H4A3SXB5JWFSFYRG6NCU.jpg?&w=1080)
Former Gophers volleyball coach Stephanie Schleuder died this week. She was 73. Her death was announced Tuesday by her family and the Gophers athletic department.
Schleuder coached the Gophers from 1982-94. In 13 seasons, she led the Gophers to a 263-173 overall record and two appearances in the NCAA tournament (1989, 1993). The Gophers reached the Sweet 16 in 1993.
Schleuder coached the Gophers to a 128-88 record in Big Ten conference play, where they were the conference runner-up three times.
During Schleuder's tenure, 12 Gophers received All-Big Ten Honors, including Martie Larsen, who was named Big Ten Player of the Year in 1983.
Schleuder was fired by then Gophers women's athletic director Chris Voelz in December 1994. Schleuder, who was paid $50,000 in 1994, had been in a pay-equity dispute with Voelz. In April 1995, Schleuder and the university reached an agreement that paid the coach $300,000 in exchange for her dropping all claims against the university.
In 1998, Schleuder became the volleyball coach at Macalester. She coached the Scots for 12 years before retiring. She finished her 34-year coaching career with 702 victories.
She also coached at Bemidji State, Minnesota Duluth and Alabama.
In 2005, Schleuder was inducted into the Minnesota Volleyball Hall of Fame. In 1991, she became the first woman to be inducted into the UMD Bulldogs Hall of Fame.
