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; [...]
Brian Ferentz — the 30-year-old son of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and the offensive line coach for the Hawkeyes — can joke about his father. “Alternate uniforms? That’s not really in his personality … I’ve seen his closet,” Brian Ferentz said. But there is a limit to the jokes. Brian Ferentz made sure that [...]
Iowa offensive line coach Brian Ferentz met with the media on Wednesday in Iowa City. Q. Just talk a little about the offensive line. BRIAN FERENTZ: We have 16 players with us right now in that group. Out of those 16, seven of them redshirted last season. Nine of them did not. Out of those [...]
Damage control caused by finishing 4-8 last season and a head coach with a son who likes to think outside the box are my guesses for why the Iowa football team will hold an open practice on April 20th in West Des Moines. Another reason might be to annoy those loyal to Iowa State just [...]
Des Moines-area football fans are about to be double-teamed. Iowa is finalizing plans to hold an open practice in West Des Moines on April 20 – the same day Iowa State is scheduled to hold its annual spring scrimmage. Hawkeye assistant coach Brian Ferentz tweeted Monday night that Iowa would be holding the open practice. [...]
The Iowa coaching staff makeover is complete. Coach Kirk Ferentz put a bow on an off-season of coaching staff changes Friday after announcing that he had hired former Minnesota Vikings assistant Chris White to fill the final vacancy. “We’re locked in,” Ferentz said. “Chris was the last piece of the puzzle. We’ll all be here [...]
Iowa fans got something to cheer about in January after a disappointing winter without a bowl game. Cedar Falls junior Ross Pierschbacher, one of the top offensive linemen in the country, verbally committed to the Hawkeyes on Saturday. Pierschbacher, who made the announcement public on Twitter, said the response has been immediate. “It’s been pretty [...]
Randy Peterson of The Des Moines Register answers five questions from fans: You were around Hayden Fry and now Kirk Ferentz. How would you compare Ferentz’s blowup Tuesday to some of Fry’s? Fry usually picked one press conference a year to lecture reporters, and often he did it to deflect team issues. I never heard [...]
Iowa City, Ia. – They attended meetings and traveled together – Bill O’Brien, the New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Brian Ferentz, his tight ends coach. They plotted strategy for ways Tom Brady to get Rob Gronkowski the football, and they did it during a 2011 National Football League season that would [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Brandon Scherff looked around while working out one day during the summer. He nodded to Matt Tobin and James Ferentz, and then smiled toward Austin Blythe and Brett Van Sloten. Not only would that group eventually become Iowa’s starting offensive line for last Saturday’s win against Northern Illinois, they also became [...]
