Andrew Francis

Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Third Season Alma Mater: Long Island University-Southampton, 1998

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Andrew Francis is in his third year as an assistant coach with the Hawkeyes and sixth season on head coach Fran McCaffery's staff. He was the first hire for McCaffery at Iowa, joining the staff on April 8, 2010.

Francis has helped rejuvenate the Iowa basketball program since arriving at Iowa in 2010. Not only has the attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena increased by more than 20 percent, but Francis and the Hawkeye coaching staff guided the team to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament and the program's first postseason victory since 2003. Additionally, the coaching staff led Iowa to four wins over top 25 teams a year ago, something only three other Big Ten teams accomplished.

He helped coach the Hawkeyes to 18 wins in 2012, which was seven more victories than the previous season, which ties for the fourth-best turnaround, after the second year, of a new coaching staff in Iowa men's basketball history. The seven-win turnaround was the third-best in the Big Ten in 2012. Furthermore, Francis helped coach the Hawkeyes to four more Big Ten victories in 2012 than a year ago, which is the best improvement for an Iowa team since 1994 to 1995.

Francis helped mentor Melsahn Basabe, Bryce Cartwright, Matt Gatens and Aaron White to all-Big Ten status the past two seasons.

Francis served three years on McCaffery's staff as an assistant coach at Siena (2007-10). While on the Saints' coaching staff, he helped guide Siena to three straight conference titles and NCAA Tournament berths, and four consecutive 20-plus win seasons. Francis helped coach six all-conference student-athletes, two Player of the Year honorees and the league's Sixth Man of the Year.

He arrived at the Siena program after a two year stint at Villanova University, where he served as an administrative assistant/video coordinator on Jay Wright's staff.

While at Siena, Francis assisted in all aspects of the program, including: recruiting, player development and scouting.

A Brooklyn, NY, native, Francis joined the Wildcats' staff in August, 2005. He assisted the program in a variety of roles while directing the video operations of the basketball office.

Francis is a 1992 graduate of Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School. He played basketball at Fulton Montgomery Community College in Johnstown, NY, before completing his college career under Coach Sidney Green at Long Island University-Southampton. Francis graduated in 1998 with a degree in marketing and management.

After a knee injury ended his professional playing career, Francis became a volunteer assistant coach at Concordia College. From 2003-05, he served as the head women's coach at Mt. St. Vincent College, compiling a 26-27 record. In addition, he served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Westchester Wildfire of the United States Basketball League.