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The Iowa Hawkeyes have their new offensive coordinator. It’s former Western Michigan head coach and, most recently, Green Bay Packers analyst Tim Lester.
Iowa football and men’s basketball play-by-play voice Gary Dolphin shared an exclusive conversation with Lester on the Hawkeye Radio Network prior to Iowa basketball’s win over Ohio State on Friday night.
Lester shared why Iowa was the right spot for him at this point in his career.
“You know, it was between being an NFL quarterback coach and having a chance to work for coach Ferentz, which being from Chicago, a lot of my really good friends went to school here. My sister is a graduate of Iowa. She’s been a nurse for I want to say 27 years now, so I came down here to visit her.
“I came down here for graduation and I don’t know if you guys remember Matt Bowen, but I played T-ball with him and I’ve known him for a very long time. So, a lot of connections to this place and the coaching staff and everything I’ve heard about what it is to work here and be a part of this football program. That was just too great of an opportunity to pass up,” Lester said.
As Lester is tasked with fixing the nation’s worst total offense from the 2023 season, how much freedom will he really have to put his fingerprints on this Hawkeye offense?
Dolphin caught up with Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz and asked how much offensive play-calling freedom Lester would have within Ferentz’s parameters.
“I mean, it’s very similar. We’ve been here 25 years now and the parameters have been pretty much the same. There are certain things that just aren’t negotiable when you talk about offensive football. Ball security is a really big thing, and we didn’t do a great job of that this past year. Our turnover-takeaway margin was not good. Historically, when we do a good job…
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-02-04 00:30:10
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