Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

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.

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz answered questions about the offense’s continued woes a few days after Iowa’s 31-0 loss at Penn State.

Quarterback Cade McNamara believes the Hawkeyes “will be better because of” Saturday’s shutout loss against Penn State.

Former Iowa quarterback Drew Tate is the guest on this week’s Hawk Off The Press podcast. Now an assistant coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Tate talks about his coaching journey in the Canadian Football League, his time as an assistant at Northern Iowa, what impresses him about Kirk Ferentz’s coaching career and more.

Once again, Sebastian Castro’s pick-6 against Iowa State was a result of a defense that has gone on the offensive about as much as any in the nation over Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa tenure.

Watch Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz’s opening statement from his postgame press conference after the Hawkeyes beat Iowa State, 20-13. It was Ferentz’s 200th career victory.

As has been the case in many of Kirk Ferentz’s 199 other wins, Iowa’s defense and special teams made up for lesser production on the offensive side of the ball in a 20-13 win over Iowa State.

Kirk Ferentz’s next win will be his 200th as a college head coach. Here are three keys for the Hawkeyes to help him make history in Ames on Saturday.

Iowa’s pass protection showed significant improvement in the win over Utah State although run blocking clearly remains a work in progress.

Iowa football’s season openers historically have not been accurate forecasts of how the Hawkeyes would fare over the course of a full season.