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    The Iowa American football team begins Week 2 play against local rival Iowa State on Saturday, hoping to win its eighth Cy-Hawk Trophy in the past nine years.

    But that won’t be the only story surrounding the Hawkeyes.

    Iowa will get Kirk Ferentz back for the first time this season after the 69-year-old coach served a self-imposed one-game suspension in Week 1 against Illinois State. It was the Hawkeyes’ first game since Nov. 21, 1998 that he did not appear with his team. It was also the first game since Nov. 25, 1978 that neither Ferentz nor his predecessor, Hayden Fry, appeared in a game.

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    As Ferentz begins his 26th season with the Hawkeyes on Saturday, here’s why he missed Week 1 against Illinois State:

    Why is this Kirk Ferentz’s first game as Iowa coach in 2024?

    Ferentz was handed a one-game suspension by himself and Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz after the NCAA found the Hawkeyes committed a recruiting violation in 2022 involving Michigan transfer quarterback Cade McNamara.

    Why was Kirk Ferentz suspended for the Iowa game in Week 1?

    As previously reported by HawkCentral, Ferentz was suspended for a recruiting violation surrounding McNamara’s 2022 recruitment. The former Michigan quarterback was contacted by Iowa’s staff a day after entering the portal. He committed to the Hawkeyes three days later.

    McNamara said on a podcast shortly after joining the Hawkeyes that he knew where he would end up the moment he entered his name into the transfer portal.

    This led to the suspensions of Ferentz and Iowa wide receivers coach Jon Budmayr in Week 1. Budmayr had a previous relationship with McNamara, having recruited him out of high school as Wisconsin’s quarterbacks coach. Budmayr was an analyst for Ferentz when McNamara committed to Iowa.

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    “I often tell our players to play by the rules, and in one specific instance I failed to do so because I made a mistake in the recruiting process,” Ferentz said in a statement at a news conference on Aug. 22. “I want to apologize to our players, coaching staff, university leadership and our incredible fans.

    “In my 26 years as a head coach, this is the first potential Level II violation I’ve ever seen and it won’t happen again.”

    The NCAA’s investigation is ongoing, meaning the program and Ferentz could face further penalties and sanctions.

    Who was Iowa football’s coach during Kirk Ferentz’s absence in Week 1?

    Iowa assistant head coach Seth Wallace served as interim coach for the Hawkeyes in Week 1 against Illinois State, when they recorded a 40-0 victory.

    Wallace, who joined Ferentz’s staff in 2014 as an assistant defensive line coach and the program’s recruiting coordinator, currently coaches Iowa’s linebacker unit and serves as assistant defensive line coordinator along with Phil Parker.

    “I’m very proud of our staff, I’m very proud of our team, our players in particular. What they did today under the circumstances was really cool,” Wallace said in his post-match press conference. “We’re happy to get the win.”

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    Kirk Ferentz Iowa Coaching Record

    Here’s how Iowa has performed under Ferentz over the past few years:

    Bowl match result in brackets

    • 1999: 1-10
    • 2000: 3-9
    • 2001: 7-5 (Alamo Bowl win)
    • 2002: 11-2 (Orange Bowl loss)
    • 2003: 10-3 (Outback Bowl win)
    • 2004: 10-2 (Capital One Bowl win)
    • 2005: 7-5 (Outback Bowl loss)
    • 2006: 6-7 (Alamo Bowl loss)
    • 2007: 6-6
    • 2008: 9-4 (Outback Bowl win)
    • 2009: 11-2 (Orange Bowl win)
    • 2010: 8-5 (Insight Bowl win)
    • 2011: 7-6 (Insight Bowl win)
    • 2012: 4-8
    • 2013: 8-5 (Outback Bowl loss)
    • 2014: 7-6 (TaxSlayer Bowl loss)
    • 2015: 12-2 (Rose Bowl loss)
    • 2016: 8-5 (Outback Bowl loss)
    • 2017: 8-5 (Pinstripe Bowl win)
    • 2018: 9-4 (Outback Bowl win)
    • 2019: 10-3 (Holiday Bowl win)
    • 2020: 6-2
    • 2021: 10-4 (Citrus Bowl loss)
    • 2022: 8-5 (Music City Bowl win)
    • 2023: 10-4 (Citrus Bowl loss)

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