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Iowa announced Thursday it will extend coach Kirk Ferentz's contract through the 2020 season.
School officials expect Ferentz to sign the contract Friday, before he opens his 12th season for the Hawkeyes. Ferentz, the second-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten behind Penn State's Joe Paterno, will be paid $3,675,000 annually plus a longevity bump that begins at $325,000 and increases every year.
"I've said publicly, and privately to Kirk, that it would be my goal to have him retire at Iowa," Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said in a statement. "This contract is a statement supporting that commitment."
Ferentz is 81-55 at Iowa with two co-Big Ten championships and an Orange Bowl championship won Jan. 1. He is a three-time Big Ten coach of the year who was named national coach of the year in 2002. Iowa has reached January bowl games in six of the last eight seasons and enters 2010 ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
Ferentz, 55, is one of eight FBS head coaches who have been in their current position since 1999.
"I am grateful to the University of Iowa and thrilled to begin my 12th season as head coach and 21st overall with this world class institution," Ferentz said in a statement. "The coaching staff, players and I are looking forward to competing this season."
Adam Rittenberg covers Big Ten football for ESPN.com. He can be reached at espnritt@gmail.com
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Iowa announced Thursday it will extend coach Kirk Ferentz's contract through the 2020 season.
School officials expect Ferentz to sign the contract Friday, before he opens his 12th season for the Hawkeyes. Ferentz, the second-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten behind Penn State's Joe Paterno, will be paid $3,675,000 annually plus a longevity bump that begins at $325,000 and increases every year.
"I've said publicly, and privately to Kirk, that it would be my goal to have him retire at Iowa," Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said in a statement. "This contract is a statement supporting that commitment."
Ferentz is 81-55 at Iowa with two co-Big Ten championships and an Orange Bowl championship won Jan. 1. He is a three-time Big Ten coach of the year who was named national coach of the year in 2002. Iowa has reached January bowl games in six of the last eight seasons and enters 2010 ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
Ferentz, 55, is one of eight FBS head coaches who have been in their current position since 1999.
"I am grateful to the University of Iowa and thrilled to begin my 12th season as head coach and 21st overall with this world class institution," Ferentz said in a statement. "The coaching staff, players and I are looking forward to competing this season."
Adam Rittenberg covers Big Ten football for ESPN.com. He can be reached at espnritt@gmail.com
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