Iowa suspends Ferentz, assistant for ’22 violation

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterAug 22, 2024, 03:41 PM ET

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• College football press reporter.
• Signed up with ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr are suspended for the Hawkeyes’season opener as part of a school-imposed charge for a recruiting infraction in late 2022. Ferentz, the longest-tenured coach in the FBS who has actually led Iowa considering that the 1999 season, admitted to a Level II violation for calling a player and his household prior to him going into the transfer portal.”I regularly tell our players to abide by the rules, and in this circumstances, I did not.”Ferentz said in a statement issued Thursday.”In 26 years as a head coach at Iowa– and more than 4 years as a coach– this is my first possible Level II NCAA violation. I slipped up and wants to ask forgiveness to our players, University management, and our Hawkeye football fans. I know Coach Budmayr echoes those beliefs.”Editor’s Picks 2 Related Iowa did not determine the player, but sources told ESPN that it is quarterback Cade McNamara, who transferred to Iowa from

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  days after formally getting in the transfer portal.McNamara opened the 2023 season as Iowa’s starter before sustaining a knee injury. He has actually been competing for the beginning task during preseason camp.Ferentz and athletic director Beth Goetz equally consented to the one-game suspension and the loss of one week of off-campus recruiting for both Ferentz and Budmayr after evaluating the case and consulting with NCAA officials.The suspension for both coaches goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 31, ahead of Iowa’s season opener against Illinois State at Kinnick Stadium. Both coaches can return for the Sept. 7 competition game versus Iowa State.Co-defensive planner Seth Wallace, who was named assistant head coach in January, will act as interim head coach for the Illinois State game.Ferentz, who has a 196-119 record at Iowa, informed press reporters Thursday afternoon that he could not elaborate on the circumstance since of a continuous NCAA probe.Said Goetz:”Coach Ferentz and I decided to self-impose the penalties, permitting the program to progress without distraction. I appreciate the responsibility showed and we will continue to completely comply with the NCAA through this process.”Budmayr, a previous Wisconsin quarterback, is the Hawkeyes’ pass receivers coach after serving as

  an unique assistant to Ferentz in 2023 and an offending analyst in 2022. He pertained to Iowa from Colorado State, where he stank planner in 2021. McNamara devoted to move to Iowa on Dec. 1, 2022. He started for Michigan in 2021 as the team won the Huge 10 and reached the

  College Football Playoff however suffered a season-ending leg injury in the 3rd game of the 2022 season.