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

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.

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.

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. The 46-year-old Henderson replaces Ben McCollum,

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

McCollum was a Hawkeye basketball fan, a Hawkeye basketball summer camper, and now is the Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball coach with a 6-year contract and a new message for the team: “Impose your will.”

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

Minnesota is hiring Colorado State's Niko Medved to be the next coach of the Golden Gophers, multiple outlets reported Monday.