Kirk Ferentz would like us to believe that all the changes to his coaching staff are simply a common occurrence caused by being in one place for a long time. “Everyone’s a different story,” Ferentz said Friday at a news conference. “It’s part of it. And you consider the fact we’ve been here now going [...]
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 [...]
Former Iowa assistant football coach Erik Campbell has landed in the Canadian Football League. Campbell, who was not retained by Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz after five seasons, has been hired by new Montreal Alouettes coach Dan Hawkins. Campbell will coach the wide receivers. Hawkins, who was introduced at a news conference Tuesday, replaces Marc Trestman, [...]
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz made it clear on Wednesday that when it came to coaching staff changes — he’d talk about it when he was ready to talk about it. “Maybe 10 days, 14 days from now we can talk about that,” Ferentz said. “But let’s leave it at that at this point.” Wednesday was [...]
Finding reasons to criticize Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz is easy these days, perhaps too easy. It’s one thing to criticize Ferentz about Iowa finishing 4-8 this past season and for having a dreadful passing attack. But to criticize him for not commenting publicly on coaching changes is just nit-picking. It’s caused by what happened [...]
There will be change on Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa football coaching staff again. It’s just likely to be a while before Shuffling 2013 becomes official. The latest: D.J. Hernandez, who was a graduate assistant coach at Miami of Florida, is on his way to Iowa City. Hernandez said on his Twitter account (@DJHernandez14) that he would [...]
Another coaching change on Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa football staff could cost the Hawkeyes a top recruit. Damond Powell, a wide receiver from Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, told The Register on Thursday that he will reconsider his verbal commitment to the Hawkeyes after hearing receivers coach Erik Campbell no longer is with the program. “There’s [...]
The Iowa receivers aren’t going to be chasing down any Jamacian sprinters. “There’s no (Usain) Bolts out there, no,” Iowa receivers coach Erik Campbell said. “No track stars. But we have good speed. “We’d like to get more. Right now it’s what we have, that’s what we’re going into the season with.” Iowa hired former [...]
Read the transcript from the press conference with Kirk Ferentz, Erik Campbell and Reese Morgan from Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
Fry’s second decade at Iowa wasn’t the same after he lost some talented coaches
