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After the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ season came to a close with a 35-0 loss versus No. 23 Tennessee in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Hawkeye head football coach Kirk Ferentz addressed a number of topics.
The final question posed to Ferentz was what many Hawkeye fans are most curious about: What does Iowa want and need the most from its next offensive coordinator?
“Yeah, things really haven’t changed much since whatever I said in December or two days ago. First of all, I want a guy who’s going to be a really good team player. Obviously, they’ve got to have expertise in their area, like all of our coaches, and they’ve got to be good people. They have to be guys that are going to mentor the players they work with. They’ve got to be people that understand a team is a team,” Ferentz said.
Given where Iowa’s offense has been the last several seasons, Ferentz understands the importance of getting this hire right.
“Read somewhere earlier that boy this is a big (hire), you’ve got to get it done, all that kind of stuff. I just want to get it right. That’s my responsibility as head coach is to get it right, period. Get the best guy we can get.
“And I feel like great about it, but that’s another story for another day, too, and get back to Iowa we’ll start working on that in earnest as well. My focus has been more so on our team, because that’s really my No. 1 responsibility,” Ferentz said.
In addition to finding a qualified, talented candidate that can resurrect this offense, Ferentz said the fit with the rest of the staff and with Iowa’s players is of equal significance.
“You try to hire the right people. That’s all. And then everybody’s got to work together and you move forward. What we do is not rocket science. I mean, again, we’re not saving lives or any of that stuff. We’re coaching…
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-01-05 01:25:54
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