Fran McCaffery gives direct response on whether he expects to coach at Iowa in 2025-26

As Iowa headed into the Big Ten Tournament, questions swirled about whether Fran McCaffery would coach the Hawkeyes in 2025-26 amid rumors of retirement. After Thursday’s loss to Illinois, he gave a direct response to whether he expects to coach at Iowa next year.

Speculation started to grow throughout the season about McCaffery’s future on the sidelines. Iowa finished the season over .500 with a 17-16 record, but had just a 7-13 mark in Big Ten play and didn’t win a road game until Feb. 12 at Rutgers.

As the year went along, questions continued to come up about how much longer McCaffery would roam the sidelines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In his postgame press conference Thursday night, he put those to rest with two words.

“I do,” McCaffery said.

This story will be updated.

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