Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

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.

Iowa’s 27th-year coach says other college coaches are using his age against him in recruiting, insisting it isn’t anything that should concern would-be Hawkeyes

As the Hawkeyes approach a pivotal stretch in the recruiting calendar, they appear to be in a relatively favorable position.

Hawk Off the Press Podcast: Talking Iowa football recruiting with Tom Kakert

Leshon Williams and Brendan Sullivan are among the ex-Hawkeyes who found favorable landing spots in the portal. Several others had to drop down to either less competitive FBS programs or FCS programs after leaving Iowa.

The College Football Hall of Fame’s recent eligibility change quietly makes the path much more feasible for current Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz to be eligible whenever his coaching career concludes.

“Hopefully we’ve got an environment that’s healthy,” Kirk Ferentz said this month, as Iowa has faced less transfer portal attrition than its Big Ten peers. The roster retention has been a key factor in the Hawkeyes going 18-9 in Big Ten play since 2022.