McCaffery still has a few connections to the Notre Dame program. Two current Fighting Irish staff members – Martin Inglesby and Harold Swanagan – were recruited by him and played for him there.

Former Siena men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery, who took the program to three straight NCAA Tournaments from 2008 to 2010, is starting over as head coach at Penn, his alma mater.

He left Lehigh to join the staff at Notre Dame for 11 years and then served as the head coach at UNC-Greensboro, Siena and Iowa.

Ivy League schools do not hire coaches like Fran McCaffery. In the history of the Ancient Eight, Penn men’s basketball’s recent appointment of the 1982 Wharton graduate is relatively unprecedented.

Fran McCaffery also coached Lehigh and UNC Greensboro to NCAA Tournament appearances. He had an 11-year stint as a Notre Dame assistant from 1988 to 1999.

It didn’t take long for Fran McCaffery to find a new job. The longtime basketball coach at Iowa was hired by The University of Pennsylvania, his alma matter, on Thursday.

Penn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-se… ...

With two games remaining and speculation running wild, Iowa men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffery indicated he intended to remain with the program beyond 2024-25.

Former Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery is reportedly taking a new job, and this one makes a ton of sense for him.

McCaffery had success as well at UNC Greensboro and Lehigh, leading each program to at least one NCAA tournament appearance. He first made a name for himself as an assistant at Notre Dame, Lehigh ...