After 15 seasons, Iowa will reportedly fire Fran McCaffrey as its head men’s basketball coach.
In his time leading the Hawkeyes, McCaffrey clinched seven NCAA tournament appearances and produced four NBA draftees in the last four drafts. However, Iowa never advanced past the second round of the tournament with him in charge.
McCaffrey is the father of Connor McCaffrey, who is dating WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark.
Clark and Connor will celebrate two years of dating next month after making their romance publicly official in August 2023.
Connor McCaffrey played under his father at Iowa from 2017 through 2023 before his current job as an assistant coach at Butler.
Butler’s campus is in Indianapolis, keeping him a close distance from Clark’s time with the Indiana Fever.
After 15 seasons, Iowa will reportedly fire Fran McCaffrey as its head men’s basketball coach
McCaffrey is the father of Connor McCaffrey, who is dating WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark
Fran McCaffrey, 65, was the third-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten Conference, tied with Oregon’s Dana Altmann, with the Ducks joining the league this season, having taken the helm in 2010.
Only Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Purdue’s Matt Painter have been at their respective Big Ten schools longer.
This season, Iowa finished 17-16 overall and 7-13 in the Big Ten Conference, tied for the third-worst mark in the league.
In his final game at the Hawkeyes’ helm on Thursday against Illinois, McCaffrey got back-to-back technical fouls and was ejected.
Due to his age, Fran McCaffrey will likely not get another opportunity to lead a Power Four team.
McCaffrey had previous stops as the head coach at Siena, UNC Greensboro, and Lehigh.
