John Steppe

It’s a good time for an Iowa women’s basketball-focused episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, with No. 14 Indiana coming to Iowa City for a Saturday night showdown this week (first, of course, the third-ranked Hawkeyes travel to Purdue on Wednesday).

Iowa’s secondary will have a “coach on the field” for another season. Defensive back Quinn Schulte will use his extra COVID-19 year of eligibility to spend a sixth season at Iowa, his father told The Gazette on Monday.

Nick Jackson will use an NCAA waiver to stay at Iowa for an extra year of eligibility, a source confirmed to The Gazette on Sunday.

Phil Parker is “unequivocally the best secondary coach I have ever, ever been with,” Kirk Ferentz said while in Orlando for the Hawkeyes’ Citrus Bowl trip.

In a season with many blowout wins, Iowa women’s wrestling showed its ability to win a nail-biter, too, as the Hawkeyes won the NWCA National Duals title.

Add Sebastian Castro to the growing list of key Iowa players who will come back in 2024.

Iowa defensive back and special teams star Cooper DeJean will forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter his name in the 2024 NFL Draft, he announced via social media on Thursday.

Iowa defensive back Jermari Harris will return for a sixth year of eligibility, he announced Wednesday via the team’s social media accounts. He started 12 of 14 games at cornerback for the Hawkeyes this season after missing all of the 2022 season with an injury.

Iowa’s 35-0 loss to Tennessee in the Citrus Bowl delivered a sour reality check to a team that recently celebrated sweet feats such as a 10-win season and Big Ten West title.

John Steppe and Mike Hlas discuss the future of the Iowa football program and their final takeaways from the 2023 season on this episode of The Final Score.

Teammates believe Marco Lainez, Iowa’s true freshman quarterback, is a “special player.” When Iowa made a quarterback change in the Citrus Bowl, fans started to see why.

After an early glimmer of hope, 17th-ranked Iowa fell into a two-touchdown deficit in the second quarter and could not catch up, suffering a 35-0 loss to No. 21 Tennessee at Camping World Stadium.

Iowa defensive end Ethan Hurkett is listed as questionable and defensive back T.J. Hall is listed as out for the Hawkeyes’ Citrus Bowl appearance against Tennessee.

Koen Entringer’s hustle on a special teams play in the Big Ten championship put a spotlight on the second-year Iowa safety, who has a “really good upside.”

“We, the adults, have done a lot to really screw this thing up,” Kirk Ferentz said in his pre-Citrus Bowl news conference.