Fran McCaffery Will Be Named New Head Basketball Coach At Iowa On Monday

It is a rumored report no more: Fran McCaffery will become the new head basketball coach at Iowa and will be formally introduced by the school Monday morning.

McCaffery spent the last five seasons as the head coach at Siena, where he amassed an 112-51 record with the Saints, and won the past three Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships. In the NCCA tournament, they won their first round game in both 2008 and 2009; this season, they fell to Purdue in the first round.

Over the past few days, Siena coach Fran McCaffery’s name has been tossed around. His services were sought by Seton Hall and St. John’s, but on Sunday, a report is emerging that McCaffery is headed to Iowa. From Adam Zagoria:

The 50-year-old McCaffery has spent most of his 25-year coaching career at mid-major schools, with the exception of an 11-year tenure as an assistant at Notre Dame. As a head coach, McCaffery has a career 251-178 record. At Siena, he led the Saints to the last three MAAC titles.

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