A look behind the scenes of how Beth Goetz landed on hiring Ben McCollum as Iowa basketball's next head coach.

McCollum is replacing longtime Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery. McCaffery, who spent 15 seasons in that role at Iowa, is the all-time winningest coach in program history. But after Iowa's exit from the Big Ten Tournament this season, the Hawkeyes elected to move on from McCaffery and embark on a new era.

Based on the circumstances, Iowa is tasked with reconstructing the roster in a way that the program hasn’t been accustomed to in recent history.

Drake, understandably, wanted to keep up-and-coming superstar coach Ben McCollum around. The draw of coaching the Iowa Hawkeyes was too much, though.

Iowa men's basketball has found its replacement for Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes will hire Drake's Ben McCollum as their next head coach.

Eric Henderson, who led South Dakota State to two NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons, has been hired as Drake’s head coach, the school announced Friday.

New Hawkeye men's basketball ach Ben McCollum wants his program to be everything former Iowa men's basketball player Chris Street personified.

The Iowa Hawkeyes did not wait long to find Fran McCaffery's replacement. In fact, there's a good chance they knew all along that they wanted to go after Drake's Ben McCollum. They just had to wait for him to become available,