Fran also went to a sweet sixteen in year 4 and won a Big Ten Championship in year 5 just like Painter.
Oh wait....
That didn’t happen did it?
Fran also didn’t replace a HOF coach who was at that school for 25 years. Fran didn’t work on Iowa’s staff prior to taking over for a 7X B1G COY.
To say Painter had a head start would be the understatement of the year.