Former University of Iowa baseball coach Jack Dahm has emerged as the leading candidate for the head coaching position at Mount Mercy University, the Metro Sports Report has learned.

Dahm, 47, spent 10 years as the head coach at Iowa from 2004 to 2013. He also was the head coach at Creighton University for 10 years before joining the Hawkeyes.

Desi Druschel was released as Mount Mercy's head coach during the 2014 campaign. Frank Fischler, one of Druschel's assistants, served as interim head coach following Druschel's departure.

Mount Mercy is an NAIA school located in northeast Cedar Rapids.