As Fran McCaffery walked onto the Palestra floor Monday morning, it was easy to get wrapped up in nostalgia. The pieces were all there: former Penn and La Salle College High teammates, his coach ...

Penn president Larry Jameson welcomes coach Fran McCaffery at his first press conference on April 7. Credit: Lydia Tong There’s no place like home. On Monday, 1982 Wharton graduate Fran McCaffery was ...

Fran McCaffery at Penn men’s basketball practice. (Photo courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team) Ivy League schools do not hire coaches like Fran McCaffery. In the history of ...

Penn hired Fran McCaffery as its men’s basketball coach on Thursday, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten ...