““Seems like if you win, everything works out pretty well.” - Mary Ferentz, ~40 years ago”
-Kirk Ferentz, 8/29/2023
In this week’s press conference, Kirk Ferentz referenced the words of his “wise” wife. If we assume the timeline to be mostly correct, the year was 1983. Kirk Ferentz was in his third season as offensive line coach in Iowa City and the Hawkeyes would have five more 8-plus win seasons, good for seven straight between 1979-1985.
The last time Iowa had an 8-win season was Forest Evashevski’s final one as head coach, 1960.