The Iowa head coaching job opened earlier this month after the Hawkeyes fired longtime coach Fran McCaffery, who spent the previous 15 years in Iowa City.. McCollum coached one season at Drake. He ...

McCollum was the head coach for the Drake Bulldogs, and just this past week, led them on a March Madness run to the Round of 32. ... Iowa’s Big Hire. McCollum will become Iowa’s next head coach.

Ben McCollum, who led Drake's dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, is the new head coach at Iowa.

In fact, in a recent article grading the college basketball hires from this cycle, Carter Bahns of 247Sports gave Iowa an A for the hire. He also thinks McCollum was the third-best hire of the ...

The Iowa men's basketball program has a new head coach. Ben McCollum will be the 23rd head coach in program history after leading Drake to a 31-4 record this season.

Ben McCollum, who led Drake’s dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, is the new head coach at Iowa.

Ben McCollum, who led Drake's dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, was named head coach at Iowa on Monday.

March 24 (UPI) --The Iowa Hawkeyes hired former Drake coach Ben McCollum as their new men's basketball coach, the school announced Monday. McCollum, 43, led the Bulldogs to a 31-4 record this season.