Social media reacts to Iowa’s firing of men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery

Iowa has officially moved on from Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons. He led the Hawkeyes to seven NCAA tournament appearances and had a 297-207 record during his tenure.

Here is what former players and others in the college basketball community said on social media following Friday’s firing:

Former Iowa player (and Fran’s son) Patrick McCaffery

Former Iowa player Luka Garza

Current Iowa player Seydou Traore

Current Iowa player Drew Thelwell

Current Iowa player Payton Sandfort

Current Iowa player Josh Dix

Current Iowa player Pryce Sandfort

Current Iowa player (and transfer portal entrant) Owen Freeman

Current Iowa player Luc Laketa

Current Iowa parent Zach Freeman

Swarm Collective CEO/founder Brad Heinrichs

Current Iowa player Carter Kingsbury

Iowa assistant coach Sherman Dillard

Iowa assistant coach Matt Gatens

Iowa assistant coach Tristan Spurlock

Current Iowa player Riley Mulvey

Current Iowa player Even Brauns

Current Iowa player Cooper Koch

Iowa men’s basketball director of operations Kyle Denning

Iowa student manager Matthew Boylen

Former Iowa player Filip Rebraca

Former Iowa player Mike Gesell

Former Iowa player Ryan Kriener

Former Marquette, Indiana and Georgia coach Tom Crean

Green Bay coach and radio host Doug Gottlieb

Elevate search firm senior partner (and Iowa alum) Kyle Bowlsby

Iowa athletic trainer Brad Floy

Iowa SID Matt Weitzel

College basketball analyst Jeff Goodman

Elon assistant coach (and former Iowa player) Darius Stokes

Iowa basketball video coordinator Lucas Pauley

Phoenix Suns basketball operations and scouting assistant Dylan Mihalke

Midwest Prospect Academy co-founder Gavin Sullivan

Comments: john.steppe@thegazette.com

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