Fred Hoiberg Introduced As Iowa State’s New Head Coach

Fred Hoiberg, popularly known as “The Mayor” in Ames, Iowa, is returning home to become the head coach of Iowa State men’s basketball team. The school made the move official on Wednesday.

Fred Hoiberg - a favorite son and native of Ames, a Cyclone basketball legend, a 10-year NBA veteran and, most recently, an executive with the Minnesota Timberwolves - was introduced Wednesday in front of a packed audience in the Jacobson Athletic Building as the 19th head men’s basketball coach in Iowa State University history.

“The opportunity to return to my hometown and my alma mater can certainly be described as a dream come true,” Hoiberg said. “I am very humbled to receive this opportunity and appreciate the confidence that Dr. (Gregory) Geoffroy and Jamie Pollard have shown in me. It’s a Hollywood script for me to take the reins of a program that I cheered for as a kid, played for as a collegian and followed closely for more than a decade as an alum.”

For more analysis and reaction on the hire, check out SB Nation’s Iowa State blog, Clone Chronicles.