Kirk Ferentz
Head Coach at Iowa since 1999.
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- Seasons coached
- 50
- First season
- 1977
- Teams
- 7
Career
9 stints
- 1977UConnGraduate Assistant
- 1978–1979Worcester Academy (MA)dcOffensive Line
- 1980PittsburghAssistant Coach
- 1981–1989IowaOffensive Line
- 1990–1992MaineHead Coach
- 1993–1995Cleveland BrownsOffensive Line
- 1996Baltimore RavensOffensive Line
- 1997–1998Baltimore RavensAssistant Head CoachOffensive Line
- 1999–presentIowaHead Coach
Coaching tree
5 mentors, 150 protégés, 11 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row · Capped at 500 people
Relationships
Coached under
206
- 2026Austin ShowalterMentored · Iowa
- 2026Ben HansenMentored · Iowa
- 2026Billy VandeMerktMentored · Iowa
- 2026Bob RahfeldtMentored · Iowa
- 2026Brian SmithMentored · Iowa
- 2026Brock ShermanMentored · Iowa
- 2026Carmen Priebe-TebbeMentored · Iowa
- 2026Cedric NahMentored · Iowa
- 2026Chris PolizziMentored · Iowa
- 2026Connor HermistonMentored · Iowa
- 2026Dan HubbardMentored · Iowa
- 2026Delayna KadelMentored · Iowa
- 2026Dharia EverettMentored · Iowa
- 2026Drew KockenMentored · Iowa
- 2026Emma BurleyMentored · Iowa
191 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
16
- 1999Hayden FrySucceeded · Iowa
- 1993Hal HunterSucceeded · Cleveland Browns
- 1990John O'HaraSucceeded by · Iowa
- 1990Tom LichtenbergSucceeded · Maine
- 1981Anthony FolinoSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1981Bob MateySucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1981Jim MiceliSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1981Mike ShermanSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1981Steve HeintzelmanSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1980Alex KramerSucceeded · Pittsburgh
- 1980Bob DavieSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1980Buddy MorrisSucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1980Joe MooreSucceeded · Pittsburgh
- 1980Kevin DickeySucceeded by · Pittsburgh
- 1980Nick RaponeSucceeded · Pittsburgh
1 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
50 seasons
- IowaHead coach · 1999–2026 · current28
- IowaPosition coach · 1981–19899
- Cleveland BrownsPosition coach · 1993–19953
- MaineHead coach · 1990–19923
- Baltimore RavensCoordinator · 1997–19982
- Worcester Academy (MA)Coordinator · 1978–19792
- Baltimore RavensPosition coach · 19961
- PittsburghPosition coach · 19801
- UConnAnalyst · 19771
Pipeline
1 of 11 coordinators
- 28 seasonsChuck Bresnahanunder at Maine 1992 · head coach at TSL Jousters2020
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Kirk Ferentz. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.