Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

Iowa football has a chance to bring newfound optimism this season, but they have to start on the right foot

A knee injury to its anticipated starter during spring practice left the Albany football team scrambling to find a starting quarterback for the 2025 season. Hitting the transfer portal late provided the Great Danes with their guy. Jack Shields will start Saturday in the season opener against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium.

How much will Iowa show off in Week 1? Madison Hricik takes a look at the keys to victory.

The Hawkeyes play an Albany team with a new head coach and multiple transfers. Here’s how Iowa football is prepping for season-opener against brand-new Albany squad

The Hawkeyes open the season against Albany, with positions like left tackle and cornerback starting to take shape

Brown transferred to the Hawkeye state after two seasons at Auburn, where he had just two collegiate starts and five appearances.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz says most of the team was in good shape to begin fall camp

Bryant Worrell began his college football at Old Dominion, where he didn’t play over two seasons. He then went to NCAA Division II Emory and Henry College in Virginia for two years, then Boston College last season. BC let him go, and he has ended up with the Hawkeyes. A circuitous journal, for sure.

The Hawkeyes lost a lot of their defensive prowess this offseason. Higgins is playing NFL preseason football with the Baltimore Ravens, Nick Jackson is doing the same with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Hawkeyes lost Kyler Fisher, too.

A lot of encouraging things. Here are 5 observations we noticed about the Hawkeyes football team during Kids Day practice.

Compilation of interviews from coaches and players during Iowa Football Media Day August 8, 2025

Transfer QB Mark Gronowski, the return of some good linemen and deep running back and receiver groups has the Hawkeyes excited about making more progress offensively in the 2025 football season.

How will Mark Gronowski help the offense? Who will step up on defense? How far will Iowa go this season? Iowa beat writer, Madison Hricik, talks about this and other subjects ahead of the Iowa football 2025 season.

Ferentz, in his 27th year as Hawkeyes’ head coach, is second-oldest coach in FBS

Iowa’s longtime director of football operations is retiring after 21 years with the Hawkeyes, where he made an “incredibly challenging” role look “effortless” while mentoring the next generation.