Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

After an up-and-down month of October, Iowa football appears to be once again playing its best football in the month of November.

Kirk Ferentz earned his milestone win while a past Hawkeye team that also overcame early adversity was recognized at Kinnick Stadium.

With its 40-16 win over Washington, a Ferentz-coached Iowa football team again didn’t stay down after a bad game the week before. Again, a Ferentz-coached Hawkeyes team represented its coach to a tee with they way it won.

Hear from Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara, offensive lineman Mason Richman, linebacker Jay Higgins and running back Kaleb Johnson after the Hawkeyes’ 40-16 win over Washington.

The Hawkeyes have been outscored, 181-17, in their last five games against ranked opponents.

Kirk Ferentz recalled his introduction to the Floyd of Rosedale rivalry in the early 1980s when he was on Hayden Fry’s staff.

Kirk Ferentz discussed his “really strange” experience of watching Iowa football from his home instead of the west sideline during his one-game suspension.

Iowa’s season opener against Illinois State will “obviously” be different without Kirk Ferentz, but the Hawkeyes are preparing as if it’s “business as usual” this week.

If the expanded College Football Playoff existed for the first 25 years of Kirk Ferentz’s tenure, here are the teams that would have made the field.

This episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast features John Steppe’s analysis of the news that Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and receivers coach Jon Budmayr have been suspended one game for a recruiting violation, plus Thursday’s press conference featuring Ferentz and Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz.

A self-imposed one-game suspension to Iowa football coach Ferentz and receivers coach Jon Budmayr comes over 20 months after quarterback Cade McNamara transfeered to the Hawkeyes from Michigan. Odd.

Kirk Ferentz’s suspension will mark the first time in more than 25 years that he has not been on the sidelines for an Iowa football game.

Kirk Ferentz talked about Iowa football’s fall camp progress and the situation at quarterback following the Hawkeyes’ open practice on Saturday.

Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker had shoulder surgery Thursday and is out of commission right now.

Kirk Ferentz does not want a player who “doesn’t want to be here,” he said Tuesday in his first news conference since Kadyn Proctor informed the Iowa football team of his intention to leave.