Penn hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, 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 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.

The Penn Quakers hired Fran McCaffery as their new men's basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. The former Iowa coach, who was fired earlier this month, led the Hawkeyes to a 297-207 record over the last 15 years.