But Barnes' appointment, and Ferentz's apparent end-around run past human resources and the athletic director's office, came in the same month that he had appointed his son as offensive line coach. Kirk Ferentz has been great for Hawkeye football, on and off the field. His children have been following in his father's footsteps and have started working as football coaches. A number of teams went with quarterbacks early. Over the last five years, its been a mix of good moments a 39-16 overall record and rough ones, both on and off the field. The head coach and his son, offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, are most . At present, the 44-bed skilled nursing facility has 29 residents. Now, Barta and Ferentz both agree that this is a case of Ferentz not thinking it was a big deal more than some covert type of thing, and that is completely plausible. The state's Appeal Board voted 2-1 to approve the use of taxpayer funds for half of the $4.175 million settlement over the objection of . So, Id been in Iowa, but at that point, we were living in Michigan.. Savvy probably needed to get to 24 or 25 weeks for a fightingchance. Iowa is among the world's top neonatal intensive-care providers. He saw no problem with this. Not a bad list. Ferentzs aw shucks athletic ability may not have landed him in the NFL, but he was more than a speck on the recruiting trail. Others have dismissed the platform entirely. Ahead of his program's first trip to Ohio Stadium in nine years, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz couldn't help but look back to that matchup in 2013.. "I'm a coach," Ferentz said, shaking his head. Iowa football settles race bias lawsuit using taxpayer money And the coach's wife had a revelation. Follow @ChadLeistikow on Twitter. It works for Iowa. A self-effacing attitude helps keep Ferentz fresh. Hes a very public figure who is being paid very well (roughly $5 million a year) at a public university. "I travel enough," the coach said. Horace Waldo Kirkendall for whom Kirk Ferentz is named was a lifelong Burlington-area resident and died in 1973. It is hard to imagine that, while in the process of hiring his son, Kirk Ferentz would not have realized that the concurrent appointment of his daughter's soon-to-be fianc to an administrative position would not run afoul of the University's nepotism policy, as well, and it is baffling that he would not realize it when extending the appointment after their engagement became official. Barnes was previously a student assistant and graduate assistant within the Iowa football program, though the report does not indicate whether he joined the staff before or after his relationship with Joanne Ferentz began. Not long ago, he contemplated advice he'd heard for older generations looking to connect with the millennials who fill his roster. Ferentzs Iowa family connections actually go much deeper.