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Fran McCaffery to miss Iowa’s game against Minnesota after positive COVID-19 test
Billy Taylor to serve as acting head coach Sunday
IOWA CITY — Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran McCaffery will miss Sunday’s game against Minnesota after testing positive for COVID-19, the athletic department said in a news release Friday.
Assistant coach Billy Taylor will serve as acting head coach for the game. Taylor has been a head coach at Lehigh, Ball State and Division-II Belmont Abbey.
Taylor will lead the Hawkeyes against a Minnesota team that has lost seven of its last eight games.
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Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery reacts to a call during the first half of their Big Ten Conference men's basketball game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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