Iowa hires Billy Taylor as assistant basketball coach

Taylor, who spent three years as the director of basketball operations in Iowa City from 2014-16, will replace Andrew Francis, now with California.

Taylor led Lehigh from 200-07 before taking over at Ball State for six seasons.

Taylor, who coached alongside McCaffery at Notre Dame and UNC-Greensboro, was the coach at Division II Belmont Abbey for the past three seasons.