Fran McCaffery was 28 years old when he took Lehigh ... He accepted an assistant's job at Notre Dame under Digger Phelps. Rarely do head coaches take a step back, without getting fired first.

Should Iowa men's basketball move on from Fran McCaffery, here is a look at what the contract buyout would cost.

head coach Fran McCaffery. Meanwhile, without Clark, Notre Dame fared OK, but not nearly as well as Iowa. Under the leadership of current head coach Niele Ivey, the Fighting Irish made the NCAA ...

Fran McCaffery's current contract ... that has featured stops at Lehigh (1985-88), a 10-year stint as a Notre Dame assistant, UNC Greensboro (1999-2005), Siena (2005-10), and Iowa.

Fran McCaffery has built a consistently good basketball program at Iowa since taking over in 2010, and consistently good teams get consistently good players. That's exactly what the Hawkeyes have ...