By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Iowa City — University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has signed a four-year extension to his current contract. The agreement was announced today by Director of Athletics Gary Barta.
McCaffery is now signed through the 2027-28 competitive season.
McCaffery has guided the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes to a 21-8 regular season record and a third-place finish in the Big Ten with a 14-6 league mark in 2020-21.
Second-seeded Iowa (21-8) will begin NCAA Tournament play on Saturday against No. 15 seed Grand Canyon (17-6).
Tipoff is scheduled for approximately 5:25 p.m.