According to Hawkeye director of athletics Beth Goetz, she determined quickly McCollum was the man for the job for various reasons. “As quickly as I became convinced that Ben was the guy we were ...

IOWA CITY - Beth Goetz had a phone call three years ago with Ben McCollum. Goetz, then the athletics director at Ball State, was looking for a men's basketball coach. McCollum, meanwhile ...

Ben McCollum completed the paperwork to become ... I have to put as much energy as I can into that. And she (Beth Goetz) respected that as much as any athletic director can respect that.” ...

Beth Goetz knew that Ben McCollum was the perfect match for the Iowa head coaching job. She was sold on him early and waited patiently for McCollum to becomes available for hire, which he did on ...

The Iowa athletics director has to respond quickly to the Darian DeVries fallout and deliver on an NIL package.

Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — Beth Goetz had a phone call three years ago with Ben McCollum. Goetz, then the athletics director at Ball State, was looking for a men’s basketball ...