Sunday, March 28, 2010

McCaffery headed to Iowa

Siena coach Fran McCaffery is no longer Siena's coach.

McCaffery, who has been making the rounds of schools looking for a new coach, has reportedley taken the job vacated by Todd Lickliter at Iowa.

The Hawkeyes finished 4-14 in Big Ten play this season and 10-22 overall.

Iowa has had three straight losing seasons and the last time the Hawkeyes reached the NCAA Tournament was 2006.

While born in Philadelphia and a northeastern guy for most of his life, McCaffery does have ties to the midwest, as he was a former assistant coach at Notre Dame under Digger Phelps.

McCaffery led the Saints to three consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles and two NCAA Tournament victories, doubling the program's total to four.

He finishes at Siena 112-51 in five seasons in Loudonville. He has career record of 250-178 in 14 seasons at Siena, UNC-Greensboro and Lehigh. McCaffery has taken all three schools he's coached to the NCAA Tournament.

A formal introduction is expected to be made in Iowa City on Monday.

The coaching search now begins for Siena.

If you were Siena Athletic Director John D'Argenio, who would you be looking to hire?

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

choose one of the current coaches currently with Siena. they are very good ND WERE HEAVLLY INVOLVED WITH THE CURRENT RECRUITING FOR NEXT YEAR.

March 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM 

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