Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

Iowa athletics director Gary Barta announced his retirement Friday after 17 years at the Big Ten school. Here is what others are saying about Barta.

He retires Aug. 1 -- the 17-year anniversary of him being introduced at Iowa.

“So long as you love doing what you’re doing, I don’t know why you’d stop,” Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday in a one-on-one interview with The Gazette.

Kirk Ferentz said the Hawkeyes are looking in the transfer portal, but also will be “protective of making sure we bring guys that aren't going to set us back.”

In the hours after State Auditor Rob Sand in March refused to approve another University of Iowa Athletics Department settlement until Athletics Director Gary Barta was gone, UI President Barbara Wilson heard from members of the public asking her to heed -- or not heed -- Sand’s call.

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University of Iowa Athletics’ 2023 “diversity, equity, and inclusion five-year action plan” — which the department will get help operationalizing under terms of a new discrimination lawsuit settlement — lists 20-plus “actionable activities,” like designing “spotlight recognition awards for DE&I teams and departments who exemplify our values.”

When I hear I have to join you Iowans in kicking in to help pay roughly half of a $4.2 million settlement to end a discrimination lawsuit brought by former Hawkeye football players against the University of Iowa, that doesn’t sit well. Especially when we’ve heard over and over about the self-sufficiency of the UI’s athletic department.

Kirk Ferentz spoke candidly about the transfer portal this week at the University of Iowa’s Presidential Committee on Athletics meeting.

The former Hawkeye football players who in 2020 filed a lawsuit accusing the UI football program of racial discrimination and harassment have dropped their claims against head coach Kirk Ferentz, offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, Athletic Director Gary Barta, and former strength coach Chris Doyle.

Nearly a year after former Hawkeye football players added linebackers coach Seth Wallace to their list of defendants in a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Iowa Athletics Department, they’ve dropped all claims against him.

Iowa’s track record with previous walk-ons was again helpful as the Hawkeyes recruited many who turned down scholarship opportunities elsewhere.

Come on, you didn’t really expect Kirk Ferentz to fire or even demote Brian Ferentz, did you?

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz emphasized the importance of points rather than yards Wednesday when defending Brian Ferentz, but the scoring numbers still do not paint a rosy picture.

Iowa’s offensive scheme is “not going to look radically different” in 2023, Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday.