Iowa football strength and condition coach Chris Doyle has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, after dozens of social-media posts from black former athletes described a culture of systemic racism within the Hawkeyes' football program.
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz made the revelation Saturday, while also mentioning the creation of an advisory committee to address “a call for a cultural shift.” Doyle has been Iowa's strength and conditioning coach since Ferentz's first year of 1999.
Here is the full Ferentz statement:
"This is a defining moment for the Iowa Hawkeye football program.
"Over the past 24 hours I have seen some difficult and heartbreaking posts on social media.