A New Era in Iowa Hoops Begins Scenes from a summer workout under new head coach Ben McCollum

Meet the 2025-26 Iowa Hawkeyes

(Note: Jersey numbers in the following text are from the Iowa Basketball website and may not be as shown in the photos)

No. 3 - F Cam Manyawu

No. 5 - G Peyton McCollum

No. 6 - G/F Tavion Banks

No 7 - F Alvaro Folgueiras

(Not present due to commitment with Spain national team)

No. 8 - F Cooper Koch

No. 10 - G Jacob Koch

No. 11 - G Kael Combs

No. 14 - G Bennett Stirtz

No. 15 - G Brendan Hausen

(Did not participate in the live portion of practice we witnessed)

No. 23 - G Isaia Howard

No. 24 - G Tate Sage

No. 27 - C Trevin Jirak

No. 44 - F Joey Matteoni

Coaches Xavier Kurth (L) and Bryston Williams (R)
Coach Josh Sash
Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Jesse Shaw
Former Hawkeye Drew Thelwell takes in the action alongside Iowa SID James Allan.

The 2025-26 Iowa Hawkeyes open their season against Robert Morris on November 4th, 2025.

CREATED BY
Dennis Scheidt

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Story and photography by Dennis Scheidt for HawkeyeReport.com of the On3 Sports Network.