Iowa’s Ferentz emotional after 200th career win

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 9, 2023, 09:17 PM ET

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Hawkeyes security Sebastian Castro had almost reached the visitors ‘locker room when he initially learned that coach Kirk Ferentz had actually won his 200th career game.Then, Castro saw Ferentz.”A big smile on his face, “Castro said.

“He was proud of us.” Ferentz, the longest-tenured coach in

the FBS by six seasons, won his 188th game at Iowa (he had 12 wins at Maine from 1990 to 1992 )as the Hawkeyes held off a late push by Iowa State to prevail 20-13 on Saturday. Iowa won its 6th consecutive game at Jack Trice Arena and helped Ferentz end up being the 27th coach to reach 200 wins at an FBS school.The 68-year-old Ferentz, who has actually led Iowa because 1999, stated he does not track victories however was notified after last week’s season-opening victory over Utah State that he had actually reached No. 199.”I never certainly got into it because of that, “he said.”I wanted to win enough to keep my task, I figured that out, believe me. But it’s more about the experiences and the people you get to work with. A lot of great people have come through this program.” Ferentz became psychological after the game in Iowa’s locker room, where former All-America tight end Dallas Clark and others collected to hear him address the team. He remembered his very first Iowa triumph, a 24-0 triumph over Northern Illinois in 1999, however joked that he”keeps in mind the losses better. Simply a sick mind.””I love to see him delighted, however when he weeps, it sort of made me get psychological,”said running back Jaziun Patterson,

who had 86 hurrying lawns and his first profession touchdown, including a 59-yard dash in the first quarter.”He’s a great coach, so he deserves it.”Ferentz’s 200th win came like a lot of his others, as Iowa utilized complementary football to remove a rival. Castro returned an interception 30 lawns for a touchdown, marking Iowa’s 16th consecutive season with a pick-six, and the defense smothered Cartevious Norton on fourth-and-1 after Iowa State had actually closed to within a touchdown. Defensive lineman Logan Lee blocked a field-goal attempt on ISU’s very first drive, and Iowa went 2-for-2 on field-goal tries while star punter Tory Taylor balanced 46.3 yards per boot.Iowa’s offense did simply enough, utilizing big plays from Patterson and tight end Luke Lachey to develop a 10-0 lead. The Hawkeyes have 44 points (37 on offense)through 2 games, listed below the 25 points-per-game average needed to extend planner Brian Ferentz’s contract beyond June 2024, however much better than the 14 points through the very first two contests of 2022.” Some things that came up today [from Iowa State] kind of captured us by surprise, “quarterback Cade McNamara said after passing for 123 backyards with an interception.”That’s going to come along at times, we’re still early [in the season] But we have the ability to see the level that we’re dipping into in pressure scenarios.” We’re still progressing. That’s simply our mind-set.” After the final kneel-down, Iowa players gathered in their traditional “Swarm”formation and walked towards the corner of the field to grab the Cy-Hawk Trophy, taken first by senior protective end Joe Evans, an Ames native playing in his

last Cy-Hawk game. Defensive back Cooper DeJean stated after in 2015’s Cy-Hawk game at Kinnick Stadium, won by Iowa State 10-7, Cyclones players “ran over, into our swarm “to gather the prize.”We’re going to swarm in, swarm out, and swarm to all the trophies, too, “Lee stated.”We know what that means to us, we know the work we put in and it’s everybody together, it’s not simply one person.”Ferentz noted that the”Swarm “is Iowa’s tribute to previous coach Hayden Fry, who worked with Ferentz as offending line coach in 1981 and who Ferentz changed after the 1998 season.” It’s in our DNA, “Ferentz said.”

I don’t understand how much longer I’ll be here, however as long as I am, we’ll keep doing that. The greatest factor is it’s excellent that we won, it’s even much better.”No Swarmin’last year.

“A four-time Huge Ten Coach of the Year, Ferentz has led Iowa to 2 league titles, 11 AP Top 25 surfaces and championship game in 20 of the previous 22 seasons.” We all like that person, “offending lineman Connor Colby stated.”

He’s an excellent coach, however he’s an even much better individual off the field. There’s nobody that deserves it more than him.”