Penn is hiring former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as its next basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. McCaffery, 65, graduated from Penn in 1982 and began his coaching career there as an assistant.

Penn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men's basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.

Penn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men's basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa after a season in which the Hawkeyes won their fewest games in seven years.