Source: Iowa’s Ben McCollum gets new contract after tourney run

Iowa And coach Ben McCollum is finalizing a new six-year deal after the Hawkeyes’ surprising run to the Elite Eight, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello on Friday.

McCollum was interested North Carolina In his coaching search, however, Iowa said during the tournament run that he is not giving up on the Hokies, who are on the brink of their first Final Four appearance since 1980 as a No. 9 seed.

Iowa went 24-13 in McCollum’s first season at the school. He came to Hawkeyes from drake After leading the Bulldogs to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in his only season at the school.

Prior to that, McCollum was a four-time Division II national champion as coach at Northwest Missouri State.