Courtney Messingham has been promoted to offensive coordinator for the Iowa State football team, according to a statement released this morning.
Messingham spent his first two seasons as Iowa State’s tight ends coach and was receivers coach this past season. He will coach Cyclone quarterbacks in addition to his coordinator duties in 2012.
Iowa football players heard the news Sunday after working out in preparation for the Dec. 30 Insight Bowl against Oklahoma.
Defensive coordinator Norm Parker is retiring.
Iowa has a deeper bench this season and made full use of it Wednesday in an 82-60 victory over Albany in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes reserves got a lot of floor time early because of fouls and later because of the score. In all, 10 of the 11 Hawkeyes scored.
Iowa brought in more than enough recruits on one weekend last month to fill out an entire wrestling lineup.
The Hawkeyes nearly wound up landing them all.
Bettendorf’s Connor Ryan and Colorado state champion Nathan Burak committed to the Hawkeyes on Tuesday, joining a recruiting class already being hailed as one of the nation’s best. All eight prospects visited Iowa the weekend of Oct. 15.
How far would the Hawkeyes follow quarterback James Vandenberg?
Would they traipse all the way to northern Alberta and climb a tree with a bow and arrow, ready to tangle with a passing bear?
What we’re seeing now under Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is a natural process for the Iowa football program dating back to when his predecessor and former boss Hayden Fry turned things around.
University of Iowa football player A.J. Derby has been suspended for two games.
A.J. Derby, the Iowa Hawkeyes’ No. 2 quarterback was arrested for fourth-degree criminal mischief and public intoxication at an Iowa City bar late Saturday night.
Redshirt freshman Kevonte Martin-Manley, the slot receiver in Iowa’s passing attack, was a blue light special for the Hawkeyes.
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FEMA awards $6.5 million for Iowa Memorial Union improvements
The University of Iowa has been awarded nearly $6.5 million in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to make improvements to the Iowa Memorial Union, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Cumming, announced Tuesday.
Putting Roosevelt on market going to a vote
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