Despite a 22-year tenure as Northern Iowa’s head coach with a reputation as one of the FCS’s best defensive minds, Mark Farley spoke plenty at Wednesday’s media day about points.
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Despite a 22-year tenure as Northern Iowa’s head coach with a reputation as one of the FCS’s best defensive minds, Mark Farley spoke plenty at Wednesday’s media day about points.
After a dose of Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley last week during the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s media day, the Panthers coach spoke at length Wednesday in what was his 22nd team media day, but first in the program’s new team meeting room.
Entering Wednesday’s media day, here are the five biggest questions facing Mark Farley’s 2022 Northern Iowa football team.
For the first time since 2019, Northern Iowa is enjoying the consistency of a typical football calendar and that regularity has Coach Mark Farley encouraged. What’s also encouraging to Farley is that this fall camp will be the first held on campus at its new outdoor practice facility.
Missouri Valley Football Conference commissioner Patty Viverito made certain during Monday’s league-wide media day that she doesn’t have answers to all the questions, speculation and uncertainty that exists in an ever-changing college football landscape.
West Central Coach Steve Milder, who will begin his 51st year coaching high school football this fall, is leading the North squad in the 50th annual Iowa Shrine Bowl on Saturday at the UNI-Dome.
A year after University of Iowa Athletics reported a $42.9 million deficit and Iowa State University Athletics reported spending $17 million more than it made — due to COVID-related losses — both the Hawkeyes and Cyclones are predicting the 2023 budget year will be their most lucrative to date.
In the first league-wide news conference since the additions of Belmont, Illinois-Chicago and Murray State became official on July 1 and the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball coaches showered unanimous praise on second-year commissioner Jeff Jackson.
Matt Morrison, James Morris and Derrick Loveless were key components of a successful Solon stretch, amassing eight state team championships with three more runner-up finishes in five sports from 2006 through 2011. They were named Gazette Athletes of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Kara and Kate Galer are the only set of twins to earn Gazette Athlete of the Year honors, and are the first two of 10 winners from Iowa City West.
Today, The Gazette reveals its 2022 finalists for Athlete of the Year.
Today, The Gazette reveals its 2022 finalists for Athlete of the Year.
Iowa football will play host to UNI in 2026 for the first matchup between the schools since 2018, according to an FBSchedules.com report.
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