In his first five years as the University of Iowa head men's basketball coach, Fran McCaffery has brought enthusiasm and excitement back to the Hawkeye basketball program. After 19 seasons as a head coach, he has coached his teams to seven NCAA tournaments and three NITs, posting a record of 347-252 (.579).

Since taking over the program in 2010, the Hawkeyes have vaulted back to national prominence. After an NIT runner-up finish and 25-win season in 2013, which matched the second-most victories by a Hawkeye team in program history, McCaffery coached the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2014 and 2015. McCaffery guided Iowa to first division finishes in the Big Ten each of the past three seasons, including a top three finish in 2015.

The past five years, McCaffery has coached seven Hawkeyes to professional contracts, including Devyn Marble and Aaron White, who were selected by the Orlando Magic (2014) and Washington Wizards (2015) in the NBA Draft, respectively.

In addition to earning the program's best Big Ten finish in nine years, McCaffery guided Iowa to seven road wins, six of which came in league play. The seven true road victories were the most by a Hawkeye team since 1987. Last March, McCaffery and the Hawkeyes posted the largest margin of victory ever in an NCAA Tournament 7/10 match-up, beating 10th-seeded Davidson 83-52 in the second round. The 31-point win was the largest by any Hawkeye team in a postseason game.

The positive steps McCaffery has taken the Iowa men's basketball program in five seasons are par-for-the-course for a coach who has demonstrated his ability to rebuild programs. McCaffery coached Iowa to the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments, becoming one of just 12 Division I head coaches to take four different programs to the NCAA Tournament.

McCaffery and the Hawkeyes have made Carver-Hawkeye Arena one of the most feared arenas to play in nationally. Fans have embraced McCaffery and his team's style of play, with attendance increasing by more than 50 percent since 2010. Iowa sold out a combined 15 games the last two seasons, including 11 in 2014. The Hawkeyes continue to feed off the energy in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, winning 59 home games between 2011-15. The 59 victories are the most home wins over a four-year span in program history. Iowa won a school-record 18 home contests in 2013.

McCaffery has accumulated 15 upper division finishes in 19 seasons as a head coach, including each of the last three years. Overall, the Hawkeyes have amassed 85 victories the last four seasons (21.3 average), a total that ranks sixth most in program history over a four-year span.

Under McCaffery's direction, Iowa has won 20 or more games each of the last three seasons, the program's longest streak in 15 years. The Hawkeyes accumulated 25 victories in 2013, which equal the second-most win total in school history, 20 in 2014 and 22 in 2015.