Kirk Ferentz
Kirk Ferentz
Kirk James Ferentzis an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Iowa, a position he has held since 1999, and is a four-timeBig Ten Coach of the Year, more than any other current coach in the Big Ten. From 1990 to 1992, Ferentz was the head football coach at the University of Maine. He has also served as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens of the National...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1955
certainly group looked name route running smooth starts throwing
It starts with protection, route running, I mean, you name it, throwing the football. But we have certainly not looked like a cohesive, smooth running group when we're throwing the football. We have at times, but not consistently.
due front laundry list mean moved
I mean this with all due respect, but it's not really on my laundry list right now. I've got other things that have moved in front of it.
couple last
I've had discussions about that the last couple of years. I'm still here, aren't I?
both football game
It was pretty much a one-sided football game both ways.
call confidence courage huge plays situation took
It took a lot of courage and confidence to make that call in that situation and they executed it well. They made some huge plays in the game.
call confidence courage defense great huge individual initially looked refused takes
It takes a lot of courage and confidence in your defense to make that call and most importantly, they executed. It looked initially like we had them stopped, but it was a great individual effort. He refused to go down, and it was a huge play in the game.
football legitimate looked team top weaknesses
They looked like a legitimate top 10 team today. I don't see a lot of weaknesses on their football team.
coming football knew
We did a lot of things, especially in the first half, that were pretty uncharacteristic of our football team. We knew coming in that we couldn't make a lot of mistakes, but we did.
approach attitude consistent lose realizing week whether win work
To me, it's all about performance. It's about how you do things on a day-to-day basis. The attitude you take, the approach you take, being consistent and realizing that whether you win one week or lose the next, if you're doing things right over the long haul, things are going to work out.
ball gave last needed pass protection security year
Ball security and pass protection -- two things we really needed last year -- he gave us.
coming concerns cured looks
Any concerns they may have had offensively coming in, it looks like they cured them today.
assuming carried dictionary field people potential season takes
I've never come into any season assuming anything. I know a lot of people got carried away, perhaps, about our potential. But potential is potential. You can look it up in the dictionary (and see) what it means. What we do on the field is what counts, and it takes all 11 guys. We're not there yet.
becomes everybody games guys picture playing position role strengths weaknesses works
You see guys playing in games and the picture becomes a little more clear. Plus, everybody has a little different role in the backfield and each of the guys we have has some different strengths and weaknesses so we'll try to get them in a position that works for them.
mistakes needed start tough
Mistakes like that, those are tough to overcome. It wasn't the start we needed at all.