Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

You can’t argue with Northwestern’s David Braun as the pick for Big Ten Coach of the Year. You couldn’t have argued with Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, either.

Watch portions of postgame press conferences featuring Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz, linebacker Jay Higgins and defensive linemen Ethan Hurkett following the 17th-ranked Hawkeyes’ 13-10 win over Nebraska on Friday.

Iowa has been the best team in the Big Ten West in recent years at winning close games. Its next opponent has not been as fortunate in close games.

Watch portions of postgame press conferences featuring Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz, linebacker Jay Higgins and defensive linemen Logan Lee and Joe Evans following the 16th-ranked Hawkeyes’ 15-13 win over Illinois on Saturday.

Watch portions of postgame press conferences with Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz, quarterback Deacon Hill and defensive back Cooper DeJean after the Hawkeyes’ 10-7 win over Northwestern on Saturday at Wrigley Field.

It’s a mailbag edition of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, with most of the questions naturally centering on Iowa’s announcement earlier this week that offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz will not return next season.

Longtime Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz intends to continue coaching beyond the 2023 season, he clarified Wednesday evening on his weekly radio show.

When asked if there was anything he would have done differently, Kirk Ferentz wishes he “kept everybody healthy.” In reality, that was far from the only culprit for Iowa’s recent offensive woes that led to Brian Ferentz’s upcoming dismissal.

Beth Goetz and Kirk Ferentz weren’t particularly enlightening on details about the dismissal of Brian Ferentz as offensive coordinator at season’s end.

Speaking for the first time since news broke of Brian Ferentz’s upcoming dismissal, Kirk Ferentz did not say whether he plans to continue to coach at Iowa after this season.

Following Monday’s news of Brian Ferentz’s upcoming ouster, some major questions loom for Iowa football.

A highly controversial reversal of Cooper DeJean’s punt return for a touchdown combines with horrible offense to give Iowa a loss to Minnesota that it should have never had.

Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz said it is “really hard to accept the explanation that we got” after Big Ten Conference officials called an invalid fair catch on Cooper DeJean that wiped out a 54-yard touchdown.

Photos from the Hawkeyes 26-16 victory of Michigan State at Kinnick Stadium.

Iowa’s 4.5 yards per play through four games are an improvement from the 4.24 yards per play last year, but it still is among the worst in college football.