It has been anything but a normal week for the Iowa football team in the lead up to taking on Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Saturday.
On Monday, Iowa interim athletic director Beth Goetz, who has held the position for just three months, announced that Hawkeye offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz will not be returning to the coaching staff in 2024. The coordinator will remain in the position for the rest of this season, including the bowl game. Ferentz, a former Iowa player and son of longtime head coach Kirk Ferentz, has been on staff since 2012.
“For the vast majority of my adult life, I have had the privilege to represent the University of Iowa as a football player and coach,” Brian Ferentz said in a statement to ESPN. “I have always considered and will always consider it an honor.”
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Goetz declined to get into specifics on what her conversations with Brian Ferentz and his father entailed. She did maintain, however, that the choice required “evaluating all the information we have.”
According to the Associated Press, since Brian Ferentz took over as coordinator in 2017, Iowa has averaged 320.2 yards and 25.3 points per game, ranking 131st and 100th, respectively, in the FBS over that span. This season, Iowa is averaging 19.5 points and 232.4 yards per game – that yardage ranking last in the Big Ten.
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