 kirk james ferentz (born august 1, 1955) is an american football coach and former player. he is currently the head football coach at the university of iowa, a position he has held since 1999. 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 nfl. ferentz played college football as a linebacker at the university of connecticut from 1974 to 1976. ==background== after playing football at upper st. clair high school in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, ferentz played linebacker for the university of connecticut. he was a football captain and an academic all-yankee conference linebacker at connecticut. he served as a student assistant at connecticut in 1977 and graduated in 1978. ferentz spent his next two seasons as defensive coordinator at worcester academy, where he taught english literature. he then spent one season in 1980 as an assistant offensive line coach at the university of pittsburgh. that panther team, coached by jackie sherrill, finished with an 11â1 record and a number two national ranking. ferentz was the offensive line coach at [[iowa hawkeyes football|the university o
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