Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

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.

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.