Fran McCaffery was reportedly fired as Iowa University Men’s main coach on Friday after a 15-year stay in the program.
McCaffery’s shooting followed just a day after he was thrown out of a blowing to the Illinois in the Big 10 tournament on Thursday. The team will miss NCAA Tournament For the second straight season.
The ejection recordings circulated on social media after losing 106-94 Iowa.
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A few minutes after McCaffery’s shooting reported more outlets, his son Connor, former Iowa player, current main coach of Betler Basketball Basketball and boyfriend Caitlin Clark, posted three Emoji clowns on X.
Connor’s last two X posts were the retweet of the celebrated post of his father, who reached 200-Win Mark in Iowa and two hearts emoji for the video of his father’s emotional interview after winning Rutgers in February.
Connor played for Fran in Iowa six seasons from 2017-23.
The head coach Fran McCaffery hugs his son Connor McCaffery of Iowa Hawkeyes after the match against Auburn Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament in the Legacy Arena in BJCC 16. March 2023. In Birmingham, Ala. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
During his six seasons, Connor played in 166 games, which is second in the history of Iowa. He faced injuries during most of his college career, but the campaign of the Red T-shirt and Coid-19 campaign assigned to him six seasons of eligibility.
In the NCAA tournament, he arrived in each of his full seasons, except for his season. He scored 4.5 points and three rebounds on average, and played in 111 wins, tie Jordan Bohannon for the most in the history history. Its career assistance ratio of 3.59 (527 assists up to 147 turns) is the second best in NCAA history.
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Chief coach Fran McCaffery Embrace of son Connor McCaffery of Iowa Hawkeyes during the second half against Auburn Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament in the Legacy Arena in BJCC on March 16, 2023. In Birmingham, Ala. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Iowa is also where Connor met Clark When she played the women’s team from 2020-24. The couple started socializing in April 2023. After Clark led Iowa in running to the NCAA title game. Connor was older at the time and began his coaching career after graduating.
Fran McCaffery will leave Iowa after led by the team at seven appearances in the NCAA tournament, progressing to the second round four times, but never reaching Sweet 16. Coach would run eight NCAA tournaments, with the Coid-19 pandemic Pandemi did not resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 tournament.
In 15 seasons as the head coach Hawkeyes, McCaffery had a 297-207 record and will leave the program as a leader of all time victories.
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