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Penn hires ex-Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery

Fran McCaffery, 65, is nearing a deal to become the next head basketball coach for the Penn Quakers, replacing Steve Donahue, who was fired on March 10 after a season where the team went 8-19.
Penn's athletic director, Alanna Wren, valued experience in the search for a new coach after the program experienced a downturn over four consecutive seasons.
McCaffery, recently dismissed from Iowa on March 14 after coaching for 15 seasons and compiling a 297-207 record, is the winningest coach in Iowa's history, though the Hawkeyes never reached the Sweet 16 under his leadership.
McCaffery is a Penn alum, having played for the Quakers from 1979-82 and served as an assistant coach, and the move is seen as him "coming home" to revitalize the program.
Following the news, Penn guard AJ Levine initially entered the transfer portal but then removed his name, while another player, Ethan Roberts, texted that he was "Super excited for our future," and Brown plans to utilize the transfer portal.

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Penn hires ex-Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as their new men’s basketball coach

Penn announced they have hired ex-Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa (where he was replaced by former Drake coach Ben McCollum. McCaffery, 65, said in a statement: “I am excited and honored to return to my alma mater and the city of Philadelphia to lead the Penn men’s basketball program. It is a program that I have fond memories of from my previous time there as a student-ath…

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Penn hires ex-Iowa coach McCaffery

Penn turned to former Quakers player Fran McCaffery as its 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-season finish in seven years.

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College Basketball: Fran McCaffery returns to alma mater as head coach

Fran McCaffery is coming home. Penn announced Thursday it has named the Philadelphia native and 1982 Wharton School graduate as the 20th head coach in the more than 120-year history of the men’s basketball program. McCaffery replaces Delaware County native Steve Donahue, who was fired March 10 after nine seasons in charge of the Quakers. McCaffery returns to his alma mater from Iowa, where he was let go on March 14 after 15 years as the head coa…

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Penn hires former IA coach Fran McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contention

Penn hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games

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Former Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery named head coach at Penn - The Daily Iowan

Former Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran McCaffery has been named the new head coach at Penn, the school announced on Thursday. “I am excited and honored to return to my alma mater and the city of Philadelphia to lead the Penn men’s basketball program,” McCaffery said in a press release. “It is a program that I have fond memories of from my previous time there as a student-athlete and assistant coach. My vision is to return Penn to prominenc…

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Fran McCaffery is slated to take over at his alma mater, landing the opportunity less than two weeks after the end of his 15-year tenure in Iowa City.

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