Kirk Ferentz
Ferentz at the 2010 Orange Bowl
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Iowa |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 135–92 |
| Annual salary | $4.5 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 1, 1955 Royal Oak, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1976 | Connecticut |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 | Connecticut (GA) |
| 1978–1979 | Worcester Academy (OL/DC) |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh (GA) |
| 1981–1989 | Iowa (OL) |
| 1990–1992 | Maine |
| 1993–1995 | Cleveland Browns (OL) |
| 1996–1998 | Baltimore Ravens (OL) |
| 1999–present | Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 147–113 |
| Bowls | 6–8 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Big Ten (2002, 2004) 1 Big Ten West Division (2015) |
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| Awards | |
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AP College Football COY (2002) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2002) 4× Big Ten Coach of the Year (2002, 2004, 2009, 2015) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2015) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Football Writers Association of America (2015) Region 3 Coach of the Year (American Football Coaches Association) (2015) Woody Hayes Coach of the Year (2015) |
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Kirk James Ferentz (born August 1, 1955) is the head football coach at the University of Iowa, a position he has held since the 1999 season. From 1990 to 1992, Ferentz was the head football coach at the University of Maine, where had a record of 12-21. He has also served as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Ferentz played college football as a linebacker at the University of Connecticut from 1974 to 1976.
After playing football at Upper St. Clair High School near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ferentz played linebacker for the University of Connecticut. He was a football captain and an academic all-Yankee Conference linebacker at Connecticut. He served as a student assistant at Connecticut in 1977 and graduated in 1978. Ferentz spent his next two seasons as defensive coordinator at Worcester Academy, where he taught English literature. He then spent one season in 1980 as an assistant offensive line coach at the University of Pittsburgh. That Panther team, coached by Jackie Sherrill, finished with an 11–1 record and a number two national ranking.
Ferentz was the offensive line coach at The University of Iowa under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry for nine seasons, from 1981 to 1989. Eleven Hawkeyes coached by Ferentz went on to play in the NFL. Three of them were first round picks in the NFL draft, and five of his players were first team All-Big Ten selections. Six of those players played over 100 games in the NFL: OG Ron Hallstrom, OG Mark Bortz, OT Brett Miller, C Joel Hilgenberg, OT John Alt, and OG Bob Kratch. OG Mike Haight played in 63 games as well.
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