Rick Brown covers men's basketball for The Des Moines Register and Hawk Central. He's married and the father of two. He also covers golf for the Register.
IOWA CITY, Ia. – A linebacker loves a good defensive lineman in front of him, clogging things up at the line of scrimmage and forcing running backs into his wheelhouse. So no one appreciates the progress of Iowa defensive tackle Carl Davis more than linebacker Christian Kirksey. “Expect big things from him this season,” Kirksey [...]
Iowa City, Ia. - It’s a question that has been out there all spring, asked by black-and-gold armchair quarterbacks across the state. So I posed it to Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz earlier this week: In retrospect, do you regret not getting any of your backup quarterbacks a snap in 2012? “Not really,” Ferentz said. “To [...]
MANCHESTER, Ia. – Iowa’s basketball team had just defeated Stony Brook in a second-round NIT game, played in front of a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd. “Everyone was like, ‘Boy, I wish we had one more home game,’ ” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “I wanted a road game.” McCaffery got his wish, a third-round game [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – When No. 8 Ohio State defeated visiting Iowa in overtime in 2009, John Lowdermilk stormed the field. He was dressed in his Buckeye best. “Sadly, yes,” said Lowdermilk, a high school junior at the time. Now he’s playing for the Hawkeyes. The junior from Kensington, Ohio, is listed as the starting [...]
James Vandenberg was in Clive on Tuesday to receive a coaches appreciation award from the Polk County I-Club. He also received the night’s only standing ovation when he took the podium to collect his honor. And that, more than any statistic, says something about how the former Hawkeyes quarterback will be remembered. Vandenberg had to [...]
Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on football realignment and the addition of a ninth league game within the next week. And Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday he’s fine with both moves. “With 14 teams in the mix, it makes perfect sense,” said Ferentz, who appeared at the Polk County [...]
After years of longevity on his staff, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has shuffled the cards significantly the past two seasons. Six new assistant coaches are on board. The three mainstays who have worked a combined 41 seasons for Ferentz – Phil Parker, Reese Morgan and Eric Johnson – have different titles than they did [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Brian Ferentz coaches a tradition-rich position at Iowa. He’s in his second season as the Hawkeyes’ offensive line coach. Thirteen offensive linemen at Iowa have been selected in the NFL Draft since 2003, the highest number of any program nationally. That includes first-round picks Robert Gallery, the 2003 Outland Trophy winner; [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Marshal Yanda was in the Iowa football complex last week, catching up with some of his former Hawkeye coaches and talking about winning the Super Bowl as a starting offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens. Yanda is one of 13 Iowa offensive linemen to get drafted by an NFL team since [...]
The Iowa football coach spoke Tuesday night in Clear Lake.
