Fran McCaffery, a 1977 graduate of La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, will serve as the next head coach of Penn men’s basketball, Penn Athletics announced Thursday.

Earlier this month, McCaffery was dismissed as the Iowa City Hawkeyes’ head coach after the team’s second-straight season without a tournament berth. He leaves Iowa City as the winningest coach in the program’s history with 297 total victories.

McCaffery’s head coaching record is 548-384 overall, a .588 winning percentage. His 12 career NCAA tournament appearances are the most of any Ivy League basketball coach in history.

“I am excited and honored to return to my alma mater and the city of Philadelphia to lead the Penn men’s basketball program,” McCaffery said. “It is a program that I have fond memories of from my previous time there as a student-athlete and assistant coach. My vision is to return Penn to prominence in the Ivy League and beyond and bring an exciting style of play to The Palestra.”

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