The Penn Quakers are set to rent former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as this system’s new head basketball coach, according to a report from Matt Norlander of CBS Sports activities.
Information of McCaffery’s imminent hiring was first reported by school basketball reporter Sam Federman.
McCaffery, who’s a Penn alum, lands the Ivy League job just weeks removed from his dismissal from Iowa, the place he coached the Hawkeyes for 15 seasons. The 65-year-old is the winningest coach at school historical past, however was within the midst of a program downturn over 4 consecutive seasons that culminated with Iowa lacking the NCAA match every of the final two seasons. He went 297–207 at Iowa with seven NCAA match appearances. It doubtless would have been eight had the 2020 NCAA match not been canceled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
McCaffery will take over for Steve Donahue, who was fired after going 8–19 this season in his ninth yr on the job.
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