Fran McCaffery

Who is Fran McCaffery?

Fran McCaffery is an American college basketball coach and the current men's head basketball coach at the University of Iowa. He has taken four Division 1 programs to postseason tournaments, including the Iowa Hawkeyes, who reached the finals of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament. He is the former head of the Siena men's basketball program.

He previously served as head coach of Lehigh University and UNC Greensboro. McCaffery played college basketball for one season at Wake Forest before transferring to Penn. In his playing days, he acquired the nickname of "White Magic".

He began his college coaching career with a stint at Penn as an assistant coach. McCaffery became an assistant coach at Lehigh in 1983. He was the youngest head coach in Division I when he was promoted to head coach in 1985. Following his career at Lehigh, McCaffery spent 11 years as an assistant at Notre Dame. In 1999, he became the head coach of the UNC Greensboro Spartans. McCaffery had a 90–87 record through six seasons. He led the Spartans to the Southern Conference Championship and the NCAA Tournament in 2001.

At Siena he maintained a 100% graduation rate for players completing their NCAA eligibility. He was introduced as the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes on March 29, 2010.