There is no football program in America more insular than the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Kirk Ferentz, a head coach for 21 years at the school, is the longest-tenured coach at the FBS level and amassed enough political capital to do just about anything, and has done so in order to create a culture of continuity.
His son, Brian, is Iowa’s offensive coordinator. Defensive coordinator Phil Parker, quarterbacks coach Ken O’Keefe, and the now-departed strength & conditioning coordinator Chris Doyle all came to Iowa CIty with Ferentz in 1999 and have been around each other long enough to call themselves brothers.