Articles Tagged: Kirk Ferentz

Kirk Ferentz lamented being the “lucky ones” and “chosen ones” in the NCAA’s enforcement of sports wagering rules.

The Hawkeyes are “learning as we go” in transfer portal amid shifting college football landscape.

Iowa Hawkeyes defensive lineman Noah Shannon spoke with reporters Friday at the team’s media day about the gambling probe of Iowa and Iowa State student-athletes in which he is involved. Shannon took responsibility for his actions and vows to be ready when he is allowed to play.

Iowa’s improvement on the offensive line is among the keys for the Hawkeyes as they prepare for the 2023 season.

Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz reiterated this week he has “great respect” for ex-Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald despite hazing allegations at Northwestern that cost Fitzgerald his job and prompted multiple lawsuits from former players.

Kirk Ferentz can be a “little discriminant” with offensive line coaches, but he has a lot of respect for George Barnett.

Kirk Ferentz said the NCAA’s investigation into sports gambling at Iowa involves ‘not a large number’ of football players. As Iowa awaits its NCAA fate, Beth Goetz wants to bolster the Hawkeyes’ gambling education.

Kirk Ferentz has given a glimpse of what the 2023 Iowa football rotation might look like, albeit with a large asterisk, with the release of the preseason depth chart.

Iowa athletics director Gary Barta announced his retirement Friday after 17 years at the Big Ten school. Here is what others are saying about Barta.

He retires Aug. 1 -- the 17-year anniversary of him being introduced at Iowa.

“So long as you love doing what you’re doing, I don’t know why you’d stop,” Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday in a one-on-one interview with The Gazette.

Kirk Ferentz said the Hawkeyes are looking in the transfer portal, but also will be “protective of making sure we bring guys that aren't going to set us back.”

In the hours after State Auditor Rob Sand in March refused to approve another University of Iowa Athletics Department settlement until Athletics Director Gary Barta was gone, UI President Barbara Wilson heard from members of the public asking her to heed -- or not heed -- Sand’s call.

Two minutes of bite-sized Gazette stories

University of Iowa Athletics’ 2023 “diversity, equity, and inclusion five-year action plan” — which the department will get help operationalizing under terms of a new discrimination lawsuit settlement — lists 20-plus “actionable activities,” like designing “spotlight recognition awards for DE&I teams and departments who exemplify our values.”