IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa linebackers coach Jim Reid has coached a number of talented athletes during his four decades of coaching, but never a collective group who are as unselfish as this year’s linebacker unit.
“I don’t know if I have ever been around a group that has been more together and unselfish that this group,” said Reid after Wednesday’s practice at Kinnick Stadium. “From the youngest to the oldest player, they’re an amazing group of young men.
“I’ve always felt that the best coaches are the guys who coach each other; this group epitomizes that.