From U of I

IOWA ADDS KENNEDY, REID TO FOOTBALL STAFF

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz named Bobby Kennedy and Jim Reid assistant coaches on the Hawkeye coaching staff.  The hirings are effective immediately.

Kennedy will serve as Iowa’s wide receivers coach, while Reid will work with the Hawkeye defense. Former Iowa assistant Darrell Wilson was named to the Rutgers coaching staff Wednesday, while former assistant Lester Erb has left the Iowa staff to pursue other opportunities.

“I am very appreciative of Lester and Darrell’s many positive contributions to Iowa football over the years and wish them both the best moving forward,” said Ferentz.  “I am excited to have Bobby and Jim join our staff.  Both men have coaching experiences that will complement and supplement our staff and team in a positive way.  Jim and Bobby are tremendous individuals who will be a good fit on our campus and great representatives of our university and football program.”

Kennedy coached wide receivers at Colorado the past two seasons.  The Colorado native has 22 years of coaching experience on the collegiate level.  Reid joins the Iowa staff after serving as associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Virginia the past three seasons.  He has more than 30 years coaching experience on the collegiate and professional levels.

Kennedy joined the Colorado program after seven seasons (2004-10) as wide receivers coach at Texas.  He was the Longhorn assistant recruiting coordinator for six years.  At Texas, he coached in two BCS National Championship games, including the 2005 Rose Bowl victory over USC when the Longhorns won the national championship, and in 2009 against Alabama.

Kennedy’s other coaching stops include six major college programs.  He went to Texas after two seasons at Washington (2002-03).  Kennedy joined the UW staff after one season at Arizona (2001), where he coached running backs.

Prior to Arizona, Kennedy had a six-year tenure at Wake Forest.  He coached the Demon Deacon running backs in 1999-2000 after four years (1995-98) as receivers coach.  His first-full time coaching job came at Wyoming, coaching wide receivers in 1993-94.  Kennedy got his start in the college ranks in the Big Ten, serving as a graduate assistant at Illinois for two years (1990-91) and at Penn State in 1992.

Kennedy graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado in 1989, after lettering at quarterback for four seasons (1985-88).  He began his coaching career at Boulder High School, his alma mater, where he lettered in football and track.

Reid has served as a head coach on the college level for 17 seasons.  He has been the head coach at Virginia Military Institute (2006-07), Massachusetts (1986-91) and Richmond (1995-2003).

Reid led an improved defense the last three seasons at Virginia.  In 2012, Virginia ranked fourth in the ACC in total defense (353.3 yards per game), fourth in pass defense (208.4), third in first downs allowed (18.6) and fourth in third-down conversion defense (30.7 percent).  Virginia linebacker Steve Greer earned first team All-ACC honors while ranking second in the league with 122 tackles.

Reid joined the Virginia staff after spending the 2008 and 2009 seasons as outside linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins.

In Reid's six years as the head coach at UMass, the school compiled a 36-29-1 record, as he guided the Minutemen to three Yankee Conference titles.  He was named Yankee Conference Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1990.

His nine-year run at Richmond included a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference championships and five finishes in the Top 20 in the FCS ranks.  He was also named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year on two occasions (1998, 2000) and the Yankee Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 1995.  Reid left Richmond as the program's third-winningest coach with 48 victories, including leading the Spiders in 2000 to their first 10-win season in program history.

Prior to taking over the head spot at UMass, Reid spent 13 seasons at the school as an assistant, including the first two as a graduate assistant.  Six of those 13 seasons resulted in Yankee Conference titles.

Following his tenure at UMass, Reid spent three seasons as a defensive coordinator, the first two at Richmond (1992-93) and the third at Boston College (1994), helping the Eagles to an Aloha Bowl championship.  In 2004 he was an assistant at Syracuse, helping the Orange share the Big East title, while earning an invitation to the Tangerine Bowl.  He was an assistant coach at Bucknell in 2005.

Reid is a native of Medford, Mass.  He earned a bachelor of science in education from Maine in 1973, where he was a three-year starter as a safety (1970-72). He earned a master of science in sport management from Massachusetts in 1975.

The Hawkeyes begin spring practice Wednesday, March 27 and conclude spring drills Saturday, April 27.










                  





   

Why go from assistant head coach and d coordinator to a defensive position coach? Odd

Are all the staff positions filled now?

nkniacc13 wrote: Are all the staff positions filled now?

Still one opening to be announced.

Out: Campbell, Wilson, Erb

In: Kennedy, Reid, ?

Still looking for a RB coach I believe.

Ferentz is holding people accountable. In my experience, that results in motivated and inspired people. It's certainly the sign of strong leader.

Reid sounds like a good coach. Kennedy sounds like he could really open up Texas for us. I just hope they don't disappoint.

Reid is a good coach. Lived in Richmond, Va when he was the coach for the Spiders. He took that program from nothing to a very good team that won an A-10 Championship a couple of years. As he used to say, his teams played, "tough, haad (hard), smart!" with his heavy Boston accent. I really think he will do well here and fans will like him!

I believe this hire will allow Parker to work more with the dbacks while Reid helps run the D across the board so Phil can focus on the area that he was very successful previous to taking over the DC position.

you could not of stated that any better.  wilson was canned at wisky for a reason b4 iowa hired him.  we can defiently do better. not sayin we will though.

cardinalhawk wrote: Reid is a good coach. Lived in Richmond, Va when he was the coach for the Spiders. He took that program from nothing to a very good team that won an A-10 Championship a couple of years. As he used to say, his teams played, "tough, haad (hard), smart!" with his heavy Boston accent. I really think he will do well here and fans will like him!

I believe this hire will allow Parker to work more with the dbacks while Reid helps run the D across the board so Phil can focus on the area that he was very successful previous to taking over the DC position.

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Why go from assistant head coach and d coordinator to a defensive position coach? Odd

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The article stated he would work with the defense but didn't really put him in a slot. Maybe it is a assistant DC or even CoDC? Pure speculation on my part. I like the fact we are getting a guy who had the title of assistant recruiting coordinator in the state of TX, as well as WR coach for 6 yrs at TX. You would think he would have some inroads to many of the high school coaches in the state. Wishful thinking.

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Why go from assistant head coach and d coordinator to a defensive position coach? Odd

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The article stated he would work with the defense but didn't really put him in a slot. Maybe it is a assistant DC or even CoDC? Pure speculation on my part. I like the fact we are getting a guy who had the title of assistant recruiting coordinator in the state of TX, as well as WR coach for 6 yrs at TX. You would think he would have some inroads to many of the high school coaches in the state. Wishful thinking.

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I hope you're right. I'm kinda excited about these guys and excited for a change

with the cordinators in place hopefully position coach changes will spark this team.  if not, heads could roll.

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Why go from assistant head coach and d coordinator to a defensive position coach? Odd

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The article stated he would work with the defense but didn't really put him in a slot. Maybe it is a assistant DC or even CoDC? Pure speculation on my part. I like the fact we are getting a guy who had the title of assistant recruiting coordinator in the state of TX, as well as WR coach for 6 yrs at TX. You would think he would have some inroads to many of the high school coaches in the state. Wishful thinking.

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I hope you're right. I'm kinda excited about these guys and excited for a change

15StraightWins wrote: Why go from assistant head coach and d coordinator to a defensive position coach? Odd

Did you see Virginia's Defense last year?

I thought Virginia's defense was actually decent last year. Were ranked somewhere in the 30's I believe.

Some are saying Reid was the fall guy for London...arguably what Davis was for Mack Brown.  Both of those situations are clearly debatable, but as IA fans well know, we often scapegoat a coach deservedly or not (that would be KOK I'm referring to).  Definitely not uncommon for a fanbase.

Any speculation on the RB coach?

Meterman wrote: Any speculation on the RB coach?

Earnest Wilson

CHawk,

Just looked Wilson up, seems like he has a good pedigree, current OC at Hampton. RB coach at New Mexico State for 5 years. Wonder what his link is the staff.

I hope Erb is taking the AIRBHG with him.

On a serious note though, Erb will be missed. He was a solid recruiter for the most part. Believe it was he that got a lot of the talent to come here from Illinois. Also notice a lot of outsider flavor on this coaching staff now. I like that part of the equation.

I heard on the radio that Parker may want DB duties back so I like getting someone with DC experience in Reid. This cld make Parker better I the long run, too.

kirbyk70 wrote: I heard on the radio that Parker may want DB duties back so I like getting someone with DC experience in Reid. This cld make Parker better I the long run, too.

Kirby; did you hear whether this would mean Parker would relinquish the DC duties to become DB coach again, or add the DB duties while staying DC?

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kirbyk70 wrote: I heard on the radio that Parker may want DB duties back so I like getting someone with DC experience in Reid. This cld make Parker better I the long run, too.

Kirby; did you hear whether this would mean Parker would relinquish the DC duties to become DB coach again, or add the DB duties while staying DC?

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I think speculation was that they would be co DCs

E. Wilson interviewed for the WR job, didn't he? Seems they could have announced him as a new coach yesterday given the vagueness of the original job posting if KF wanted him to coach RB's.  I'm thinking others will get the chance to interview for the RB job.

Lots of football experience between the two, seem like upgrades on paper.

Where do we stand on QB coaching? Is Davis going to oversee our QB development, or is it gonna be pretty much DYI, as has been to date?

I strongly disagree.  Erb needed to go a few years back.  He may have been ok in recruiting but his coaching severely lacked.  Notice that everything that he touched, Special teams, wideouts, RB's all took a step back when he took control.  He will not be missed.

Hawkintigerland wrote: I strongly disagree.  Erb needed to go a few years back.  He may have been ok in recruiting but his coaching severely lacked.  Notice that everything that he touched, Special teams, wideouts, RB's all took a step back when he took control.  He will not be missed.

When he touched the special teams they learned to not touch onside kicks.

drizzyj32 wrote: I thought Virginia's defense was actually decent last year. Were ranked somewhere in the 30's I believe.

Actually, they were ranked 70th in scoring D.

theiowahawkeye wrote:

drizzyj32 wrote: I thought Virginia's defense was actually decent last year. Were ranked somewhere in the 30's I believe.

Actually, they were ranked 70th in scoring D.

Yes, but they were ranked 31st in Total D.

Why are we hiring guys over 60 years old??? We really need young ideas like BrianF brings to the table. These guys only have old ideas like KF.

Better to have a mixture of the two..young coaches for what you mentioned and older experienced coaches to pass on some knowledge. Common sense.

WildIowaCat wrote: Better to have a mixture of the two..young coaches for what you mentioned and older experienced coaches to pass on some knowledge. Common sense.

I agree with you Cat, but the elder needs to be versed in social media...

drizzyj32 wrote:

theiowahawkeye wrote:

drizzyj32 wrote: I thought Virginia's defense was actually decent last year. Were ranked somewhere in the 30's I believe.

Actually, they were ranked 70th in scoring D.

Yes, but they were ranked 31st in Total D.

Could be.  But scoring - or not allowing scoring - is the only thing that matters.