Kirk Ferentz is the ultimate survivor. He manages to make it through mini-scandals that would get other coaches fired. But to his credit, he learns and adjusts to each mini-scandal
2006-2007 : problems with several Iowa football players getting arrested. Ferentz adjusts by changing the type of player that Iowa recruits. Downside of this approach is it limits the number of players available to recruit.
2011: 13 Iowa players are sent to the hospital after an extreme off-season work-out. The players had rhabdomyolysis, a stress-induced syndrome that can damage cells and cause kidney damage and even failure in severe cases. This became known as the rhabdo scandal. Ferentz adjusts by changing Iowa's workout routine and nobody gets fired.
2020 : several ex-Iowa players accuse the Iowa coaching staff of racism. Long time strength coach Chris Doyle is fired. Other Iowa assistants including Brian Ferentz are fingered, but survive. Iowa adjusts by forming a new diversity panel made up of current and former Iowa players. In Jan 2022 Kirk Ferentz decides on his own he will disolve the diversity group, saying he will replace it with something better.
2022: Iowa is accused of nepotism when Kirk Ferentz refuses to consider firing his son Brian Ferentz as the OC and QB coach. Ferentz adusts by....