March 27 (UPI) -- The Penn Quakers hired Fran McCaffery as their new men's basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. The former Iowa coach, who was fired earlier this month, led the Hawkeyes to a 297-207 record over the last 15 years. He will take over a Quakers program that went 7-21 over the last two seasons.

Penn has hired Fran McCaffery as its men's basketball coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years.

McCaffery replaces Delaware County native Steve Donahue, who was fired March 10 after nine seasons in charge of the Quakers. McCaffery returns to his alma mater from Iowa, where he was let go on March 14 after 15 years as the head coach of the Hawkeyes.