Another name that could be in play is West Virginia coach Darian DeVries, who spent last season as the coach at Drake. Like McCollum, DeVries is a native of the Hawkeye State and played basketball at Northern Iowa. Here are some of the top coaching candidates Iowa might consider to replace McCaffery.

Iowa fired coach Fran McCaffery on Friday after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.