Iowa, Ben McCollum and Hawkeyes
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A look behind the scenes of how Beth Goetz landed on hiring Ben McCollum as Iowa basketball's next head coach.
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Eric Henderson, who led South Dakota State to two NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons, has been hired as Drake’s head coach, the school announced Friday.
McCollum is replacing longtime Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery. McCaffery, who spent 15 seasons in that role at Iowa, is the all-time winningest coach in program history. But after Iowa's exit from the Big Ten Tournament this season, the Hawkeyes elected to move on from McCaffery and embark on a new era.
Ben McCollum has won at every stop of his coaching career, and dressing for success means ditching the sport coat but still looking professional. “I used to wear different ties, shirts and pants and realized I was terrible at matching.
Drake, understandably, wanted to keep up-and-coming superstar coach Ben McCollum around. The draw of coaching the Iowa Hawkeyes was too much, though.
Based on the circumstances, Iowa is tasked with reconstructing the roster in a way that the program hasn’t been accustomed to in recent history.
New Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball coach Ben McCollum struck all the right notes in his first remarks wearing a gold tie, both on and off the floor.
McCollum led the Bulldogs to a school-record 31 wins in his first season after an incredible run at D-II Northwest Missouri State.