Iowa athletics director Gary Barta was on ESPN’s College Football Live on Thursday to discuss FCS-level schools on the Hawkeyes future schedules. Monday, The Gazette reported that Iowa was in a wait-and-see mode in regards to future games with Northern Iowa (2014 and 2018), Illinois State (2015) and North Dakota State (2016). Iowa will play [...]

University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands made an appearance Thursday at a meeting with members of Iowa’s Presidential Committee on Athletics in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes completed a season witha  second straight third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in March at Wells Fargo Arena in Des [...]

The University of Iowa Athletics Department has submitted a proposal for managing the conflict of interest of having Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz’s future son-in-law work in his department. The Gazette reported March 6 that Tyler Barnes, engaged to Joanne Ferentz, has been working as an administrative assistant for the football program since January 2012. [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa athletics director Gary Barta said Tuesday that Iowa football is finalizing the details on an April 20 practice in West Des Moines. Iowa is working on a contract to have the open practice at West Des Moines Valley Stadium, home of the Valley High Tigers which seats 8,000. There are NCAA [...]

  IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa Athletics Department has reassigned an administrative assistant so he no longer reports through the football program, headed by his future father-in-law, Kirk Ferentz. Tyler Barnes will report to Rick Klatt, associate athletics director for external relations, until the completion of a UI review of whether Barnes’s employment [...]

© 2013 The Gazette   IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa has called for a review of whether the Athletics Department followed proper procedure in hiring Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz’s future son-in-law as an administrative assistant for football. Tyler J. Barnes, 27, was hired in January 2012 as a temporary administrative assistant with [...]

IOWA CITY — The Big Ten has no current intention to expand beyond 14 schools and geography will play a major role in determining football divisions, Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta told The Gazette. “We’re going to make decisions based on 14 schools,” Barta said. “That’s what we are. And we’re going to base it [...]

  And we have the first official fallout from the Peter Gray case. Here’s what led up to today’s actions by the UI. That link is from Gazette reporter Diane Heldt, who had a one-on-one interview recently with UI President Sally Mason. The following is the UI release stating associate AD Fred Mims is being [...]

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa President Sally Mason on Friday offered an apology on behalf of the university and detailed numerous changes intended to improve student-athlete advising and compliance in the Athletics Department in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. The UI will conduct a detailed review of all hiring processes, starting with athletics; [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s men’s basketball program is weighing the possibility of playing either a game or an exhibition in Sioux City next season, Athletics Director Gary Barta confirmed to The Gazette. Barta said nothing is “imminent” but with three current starters hailing from the Sioux City area, the situation has piqued athletics officials’ interest. “We [...]