For the first time in more than a decade, Iowa needs a new head coach. The Hawkeyes fired Fran McCaffery on Friday after his 15th season with the program ended with a 17-16 record, with no NCAA Tournament berth for a second consecutive year and — to top it all off — an ejection in Iowa’s season-ending loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

Iowa fired coach Fran McCaffery on Friday after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.

Fran McCaffery is out after 15 seasons as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes' men’s basketball team. College Football Senior Writer for ESPN Pete Thamel first reported the news that the University of Iowa is set to dismiss McCaffery on Friday.