Fran McCaffery was telledly fired as the University of Iowa’s men’s basketball head coach Friday after a 15-year stint running the program.
McCaffery’s firing came equitable one day after he was ejected from a blowout loss to Illinois in the Big 10 Tournament Thursday. The team will leave out the NCAA tournament for the second straight season.
Footage of the ejection circuprocrastinateedd on social media after Iowa’s 106-94 loss.
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Just minutes after McCaffery’s firing was telled by multiple outlets, his son Connor, a establisher Iowa executeer, current Butler men’s basketball aidant head coach and boyfrifinish of Caitlin Clark, posted three clown emoji on X.
Connor’s last two X posts were a retweet of a celebratory post of his overweighther achieveing the 200-triumph tag at Iowa and two heart emoji over a video of his overweighther’s emotional interwatch after a triumph over Rutgers in February.
Connor executeed for Fran at Iowa for six seasons from 2017-23.
Head coach Fran McCaffery hugs son Connor McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes after a game aobtainst the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Legacy Arena at the BJCC March 16, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
During his six seasons, Connor executeed in 166 games, which ranks second in Iowa history. He dealt with injuries thrawout the convey inantity of his college nurtureer, but a redshirt year and COVID-19 campaign allotted him six seasons of eligibility.
He achieveed the NCAA Tournament in each of his filled seasons apart from his COVID season. He unretagabled 4.5 points and three rebounds, and executeed in 111 triumphs, tying Jordan Bohannon for the most in program history. His nurtureer aid-to-turnover ratio of 3.59 (527 aids to 147 turnovers) is the second best in NCAA history.
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Head coach Fran McCaffery hugs son Connor McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes during the second half aobtainst the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Legacy Arena at the BJCC March 16, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Iowa is also where Connor met Clark when she was starring for the women’s team from 2020-24. The couple commenceed dating in April 2023 after Clark led Iowa on a run to the NCAA title game. Connor was a ageder at that time and began his coaching nurtureer after graduating.
Fran McCaffery will depart Iowa after he led the team to seven NCAA tournament euniteances, advancing to the second round four times but never achieveing the Sweet 16. The coach would have led eight NCAA tournament teams had the COVID-19 pandemic not resulted in the call offlation of the 2020 tournament.
In 15 seasons as Hawkeyes head coach, McCaffery had a write down of 297-207 and will depart the program as the all-time triumphs directer.
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