Fran McCaffery is headed back to his alma mater after his split in Iowa City. The longtime Iowa Hawkeyes coach, who was fired after 15 seasons with the program earlier this month, struck a deal to take over at Penn on Thursday, the university announced.

McCaffery’s head coaching record is 548-384 overall. During McCaffery’s 15 seasons in charge, he led Iowa to seven NCAA tournament appearances but never reached the Sweet 16. Offensive was never an issue, nor was star power.

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