Fran McCaffey discusses the defeat of Iowa Basketball against Illinois
Fran McCaffey, Josh Dix, Payton Sandfort discuss the defeat of Iowa Basketball against Illinois in the Big Ten tournament.
One of the longest active coaches in the major male university basketball is now unemployed.
Iowa dismissed the coach Fran McCaffey After 15 seasons at school, According to several reports Friday.
The decision came the day after the Hawkeyes Fallen at Illinois 106-94 In the second round of the Big Ten tournament, a defeat that left them at 17-16 this season. Iowa has lost 12 of its last 17 games after a 12-4 start.
The Hawkeyes, who finished the 15th of the 18 Big Ten teams after being chosen 10th in the pre-season survey of the League, played their last 12 games without the top scorer and rebounder Owen Freeman, who underwent surgery at the end of the season in early February.
McCaffery is the leader in program victories, with a record of 297-207 in his time with Iowa. He has 548-384 in his career as a chief coach of division I, which included previous stops in Siena, UNC Greensboro and Lehigh.
According to Kenpom, its teams have regularly excelled its teams, ending in the top 20 at the national level in an adjusted offensive efficiency. They have fought defensively in recent years, however, never ending more than 157th in Division I in adjusted defensive efficiency.
McCaffery, 65, led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA tournament in the last 11 seasons of his mandate during which the tournament has taken place, but has never advanced beyond the second round. These shortcomings of the tournament included a defeat in the second round against Oregon in 2021 as seeded n ° 2 with the national player of the year Luka Garza.
This will mark the second consecutive season that Iowa has missed the NCAA tournament and failed to win at least 20 games.
After the defeat of the Big Ten of Hawkeyes tournament Thursday – a match in which the famous McCaffery was explained with 13 minutes to play – McCaffery said at a press conference that he expected to be the coach of the Iowa next season and beyond.
The Hawkeyes become the third Big Ten program with a coaching position, joining Indiana and Minnesota.
Behind the future NBA players like Garza and the Keegan and Kris Murray brothers, the McCaffey teams regularly excelled offensively, finishing in the top 20 at the national level in an offensive efficiency adjusted during each of the last eight seasons, according to Kenpom. They fought at the other end of the prosecution in recent years, however, never ending more than 157th in Division I in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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