Fran McCaffery is headed back to his alma mater after his split in Iowa City.
The longtime Hawkeyes coach, who was fired after 15 seasons with the program earlier this month, struck a deal to take over at Penn on Thursday, the university announced.
McCaffery will replace Steve Donahue at the Ivy League school. Donahue was fired earlier this month, too, after the Quakers went just 8-19 this season. He reached the NCAA tournament just once in his nine seasons with the program, which is Penn’s only NCAA tournament appearance in the last 17 years.