Fran McCaffery

Since taking over the program in 2010, the Hawkeyes have vaulted back to national prominence. Iowa has appeared in a postseason tournament six of the last seven seasons (3 NCAA, 3 NIT). McCaffery coached the Hawkeyes to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2014, 2015, 2016) -- something that had not been accomplished in 23 years -- and reached the NIT championship game in 2013 with a team that won 25 games. In 2021, his team earned a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament, and in the 2022 season, won the Big Ten Tournament after losing 2 NBA draft picks from the previous season.

He also coached his sons at Iowa, Connor McCaffery and Patrick McCaffery.

HEAD COACH SEASONS

2010-2011 Basketball
2011-2012 Basketball
2012-2013 Basketball
2013-2014 Basketball
2014-2015 Basketball
2015-2016 Basketball
2016-2017 Basketball
2017-2018 Basketball
2018-2019 Basketball
2019-2020 Basketball

2020-2021 Basketball
2021-2022 Basketball
2022-2023 Basketball
2023-2024 Basketball
2024-2025 Basketball
2025-2026 Basketball

VIDEOS

The McCaffery Family - The Journey

Fran McCaffery Introduced As The New Iowa Basketball Coach

BOOKS and MOVIES

FAMOUS QUOTES from Fran McCaffery

I have every bit as much confidence in him as he has in himself. He can shoot it whenever he wants to — early in the shot clock, at the end of the shot clock, off one pass, in transit. When he’s open, he’s got the green light. I don’t want him even thinking about it.
11/17/2011... - Link to source

I don’t know what you’re talking about. I have no idea what you’re talking about. You must have been at a different game.
...from Iowa vs. Michigan State on 2/25/2023 - When asked if he thinks his message come across from his stare down of a referee during the timeout, right before the comeback. - Link to source

Kirk has been the ultimate professional and an important part of our basketball program since I arrived in Iowa City. Kirk was well-respected by the players and was one of the key components of rebuilding the program. His knowledge of the game and relationships that he developed with the players, families and fans will be greatly missed. It has been an honor to work alongside Kirk all these years.
About Kirk Speraw 5/11/2022... - After Kirk's retirement as assistant coach in May 2022 - Link to source

It is hard to describe, and that’s what everybody says. This team is really special, special to me. Coaching both my boys, and to watch them celebrating with their teammates, their brothers, and to do it together. There is just no better feeling. I think we felt like we had a really good nucleus, but we had to come together at both ends of the floor. We had to identify roles, and sometimes you have to make changes. But this team accepted the roles that we defined for them, and all they do is compete. We beat a really good team today.
...from Iowa vs. Purdue on 3/13/2022 - Link to source

When I first got here, he (Roy Marble) was one of the first people I reached out to on a number different levels. He was Iowa’s all-time leading scorer. He lived in town. We were re-recruiting his son. And I think in the process, and then coaching his son, we got to be really friendly. The one thing that always stuck out with me with Roy was he was a Hawk. He loved this place. He loved his experience here. He loved coming to the games. It was clearly a lot of fun for him when Dev was playing. That meant so much to him.
About Roy Marble 2/19/2021... - Link to source

I thought that was really interesting, Chad. Good observation by you. You're a smart guy. You really are a smart guy. Either that, or I guess I've got to do a much better job of getting Luka Garza to the free-throw line, apparently. I'm just a horrendous coach. Shoots one free throw. That's my fault. I'll take full blame for that.
About Luka Garza ...from Iowa vs. Illinois on 1/29/2021 - Sarcastic response to reporter Chad Leistikow about not getting fouled in final 10 minutes.