Will Wade is the best coach on the market and should be the first call if Fran were to leave. He is a proven winner anywhere he goes and will bring elite talent with him. Don’t hire a mediocre mid major coach and give Wade a strong *** offer he can’t turn down.
Potential Replacement if Fran leaves
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He’s a winner. If you aren’t paying players your program will be mediocre in the NIL era. He went into Ann Arbor and beat the same Michigan team that Fran lost to at home
The obvious answer to me is Darian DeVries especially if it's this year.
DeVries would be a solid hire to continue the tradition of being an above average Big 10 team with sweet 16 ceiling. Wade would be competing for Big 10 championships with final four potential.
Fran isn't going anywhere. We will see how well they do next year. Need some guard talent.
I'm not convinced he could recruit any better than Fran.
lol there’s zero chance they fire him this year. Come back to reality. But move on… maybe. I think fans have enough to worry about with trying to figure out the OC hire.
Drake would beat the bricks off the Hawks if they played this season!
The ‘ol “next year” comment never gets old.
Keep letting the years pass, Hawk fans. Patience! 🤣
Bricks?,.. basketball players wearing bricks?,.. just made that up huh?
14 years. A whole entire 4 NCAA tournament wins. Just have patience folks.
After all, it's not as if he's had a national player of the year to rely on....
Err...well it's not like he's had a record-setting 3-point shooter at his dispos......
Ummm.....well.....he certainly hasn't had an NBA lottery pick and another first round NBA selection in back to back yea......
Uhhhh...............just need some guard talent. Yeah. That's it. Another 14 years should do the trick.
Losing the forest for the trees here. The past ten years of Iowa basketball have been awesome. Tons of great memories. They underachieved for sure, but I wouldn't go back and trade them. That said, he's getting up there in age and the team is not on an upslope. Sometimes the story writes itself.
Fran is not leaving. How much is his buyout? No way he leaves millions on the table.
What if he's leaving on his own accord?
Maybe not, but he gets a whole lot more out of his players on both ends of the court.
It would be worth a couple of million just to get rid of him IMO.
With the lack of success in the tourney, there is certainly NOT a ton of great memories.
A bunch of just ho-hum seasons blended together.
Lol, so many great memories of deep runs in tourney play
I think my favorite part was the twins behind the sons of the coach for PT.
I want a guy who will consistently bring in more athletic guards. And who considers the defensive end of the court to be important. Maybe not 50-50, but something more like 60 offense-40 defense. Not 95-5 as it is now.
Maximum of 2 lanky, slow footed perimeter shooters on the roster per season.
Find that coach and you've got my interest.
Maximum of 2 lanky, slow footed perimeter shooters on the roster per season.
Find that coach and you've got my interest.
This has come up many times. The group of fans who defends Fran for his team's regular season play and those of us who point to the dismal NCAA tourney performance. I'm unapologetically in the NCAA camp. If I'm prioritizing coaching performance metrics, NCAA tourney results outpace everything else.
There have certainly been highlight games in the regular season. The lack of any significant NCAA tourney performance in 14 years overshadows that.
It's a serious shortcoming not to see the good that has been Iowa basketball over the past 14 years. Good wins, good guys, good basketball players and beating the "experts" in terms of BIG ranking almost every year. It has been disappointing the NCAA problems and, in hindsight, I wish we could have avoided the boys but we couldn't. Moving forward, I'm seeing a better looking recruiting idea and not having family on the team, I think helps. It was a bad loss last nite, not the first one and not the last one. I personally think Fran might walk away after the year, if he doesn't I like the idea of him coaching and I'm excited to see Iowa basketball over the next couple of years.
Lone Tree native Steve Forbes, current head coach at Wake Forest.
Currently 13-6 overall, 5-3 ACC.
19-14 last year, 10-10 ACC.
Beating Duke and North Carolina, which Wake Forest did last year, is a little different than beating Bradley, Southern Illinois, and UNI. Nothing against DeVries. He has done a great job.
Forbes is a high major guy with good juco ties, and can get players.
No brainer. He would say yes to come back to Iowa because he grew up idolizing Lute.
Forbes was named the ACC Coach of the Year for 2021-22
Currently 13-6 overall, 5-3 ACC.
19-14 last year, 10-10 ACC.
Beating Duke and North Carolina, which Wake Forest did last year, is a little different than beating Bradley, Southern Illinois, and UNI. Nothing against DeVries. He has done a great job.
Forbes is a high major guy with good juco ties, and can get players.
No brainer. He would say yes to come back to Iowa because he grew up idolizing Lute.
| 1989–1991 | Southwestern CC - Creston, IA (assistant) |
|---|---|
| 1991–1993 | Southwestern CC- Creston, IA |
| 1993–1995 | Barton County CC (assistant) |
| 1995–1998 | Barton County CC |
| 1998–2000 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 2000–2003 | Louisiana Tech (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | Illinois State (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2006–2011 | Tennessee (assistant) |
| 2011–2013 | Northwest Florida State (JUCO National Runner-Up 2x) |
| 2013–2015 | Wichita State (assistant) (30-9, 35-1) |
| 2015–2020 | East Tennessee State Head Coach (2 NCAA tournament teams) |
| 2020–present | Wake Forest |
Forbes was named the ACC Coach of the Year for 2021-22
| 2020–21 | Wake Forest | 6–16 | 3–15 | 14th | |
| 2021–22 | Wake Forest | 25–10 | 13–7 | 5th | NIT Quarterfinals |
| 2022–23 | Wake Forest | 19–14 | 10–10 | T–8th | |
| 2023–24 | Wake Forest | 13–6 | 5–3 | ||
| Wake Forest: | 63–46 (.578) | 31–35 (.470) |
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The Forbes hire would be the first hiring of a current Power 5 coach since Tom Davis.
Davis - PAC 10, Stanford
Alford - MVC, Missouri State
Lickliter - Horizon, Butler
Fran - MAAC, Sienna
Forbes - ACC, Wake Forest
Davis - PAC 10, Stanford
Alford - MVC, Missouri State
Lickliter - Horizon, Butler
Fran - MAAC, Sienna
Forbes - ACC, Wake Forest
Peterson: Lone Tree's Steve Forbes is taking his hard-working, small-town story to Wake Forest
Lone Tree, Iowa, native Steve Forbes, a college basketball grinder, is the new coach at Wake Forest.
www.desmoinesregister.com
$ - B1G > ACC
Academic Standards: Wake Forest > Iowa
State of North Carolina: Duke, North Carolina, NC State > Wake Forest
State of Iowa: Either Iowa or Iowa State
Time to bring Steve Forbes home.
Academic Standards: Wake Forest > Iowa
State of North Carolina: Duke, North Carolina, NC State > Wake Forest
State of Iowa: Either Iowa or Iowa State
Time to bring Steve Forbes home.
Matt Woodley is an assistant at Wake Forest, and a defensive guru. Assistant for Virginia coach Tony Bennett when they were at Washington State. Woodley is an Iowa guy with great experience.
godeacs.com
Former Hawk Jason Shay of Galesburg, IL is also an assistant for Wake Forest.
Matt Woodley - Men's Basketball Coach - Wake Forest University Athletics
Wake Forest men's basketball coach Steve Forbes announced the addition of Matt Woodley to his staff as a special assistant in September 2020 and he was moved...
Former Hawk Jason Shay of Galesburg, IL is also an assistant for Wake Forest.
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Tom Davis says hold my beer to Fran.
Iowa could have beaten UCONN (national champions) in the tourney his last year.
Iowa deserves better.
Devries absolutely would be a great hire.
He can hire a good recruiter. Game on.
Iowa could have beaten UCONN (national champions) in the tourney his last year.
Iowa deserves better.
Devries absolutely would be a great hire.
He can hire a good recruiter. Game on.
