IOWA CITY, Iowa —Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery has signed a four-year extension to his current contract. McCaffery is now signed through the 2027-28 season and his base salary remains unchanged for the next two seasons, however there is a longevity bonus at the end of the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. His annual salary will increase each of the last five years.
McCaffery has guided the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes to a 21-8 regular season record and a third-place finish in the Big Ten with a 14-6 league mark in 2020-21. Iowa has been ranked inside the Top 15 of the Associated Press Poll every week this season, including number eight in the final poll. He is Iowa’s second all-time winningest coach with 215 overall wins and 103 Big Ten victories.
Second-seeded Iowa (21-8) will begin NCAA Tournament play on Saturday against No. 15 seed Grand Canyon (17-6). Tipoff is scheduled for approximately 5:25 p.m. (CT) at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The game will be televised nationally on TBS.
