1999-2025 • Iowa
One defining stop at Iowa.
Kirk Ferentz coached 27 seasons, won 62.2%, and posted an average SRS of 9.5. Best season: 2002 Iowa. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
204-124
Career Win %
62.2%
Seasons
27
Career Span
27 years
Average SRS
9.5
Peak SRS
18.3
Best Finish
#7
Consistency
50.3
Higher = steadier
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
11-2 • SRS 18.3 • SP Overall 20.7
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+5.5
SP Off / Def
43.3 / 25.6
Finish
#8
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Iowa
1999-2025 • 27 seasons
Avg SRS 9.5 • Win % 62.2%
Longest Tenure
Iowa • 27 seasons
Best Tenure
Iowa • 9.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Iowa • 62.2%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Kirk Ferentz sets the reference point in overall strength.
Kirk Ferentz sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Kirk Ferentz
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 13.0
91th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1999-2025 • 204-124
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 6.4 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.5 during vs 8.9 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.0 during vs 9.5 baseline
+3.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
37.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-3.0%
High Points
Best Season
Iowa 2002
11-2 • SRS 18.3
Biggest Improvement
Iowa 2008
9-4 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Iowa 2002
11-2 • SP Off 43.3
Best Defensive Season
Iowa 2022
8-5 • SP Def 5.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Iowa 1999
1-10 • SRS -6.5
Biggest Drop
Iowa 2006
6-7 • -12.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Iowa | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13.8 | 19.7 | 32.1 | 14.2 | +1.4 | — |
| Iowa | 2024 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #25 | — | 12.4 | 15.8 | 27.0 | 13.3 | +6.7 | -9.9% |
| Iowa | 2023 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #25 | #24 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 13.8 | 9.3 | -3.8 | +9.9% |
| Iowa | 2022 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 9.5 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 5.1 | +0.9 | -9.9% |
| Iowa | 2021 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #18 | #23 | 8.6 | 11.4 | 23.6 | 14.4 | -7.3 | -3.6% |
| Iowa | 2020 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | #24 | #16 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 29.7 | 13.5 | +0.2 | -1.9% |
| Iowa | 2019 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #20 | #15 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 30.0 | 15.2 | +0.3 | +7.7% |
| Iowa | 2018 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 15.4 | 13.3 | 30.3 | 17.7 | -0.9 | +7.7% |
| Iowa | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 16.3 | 9.8 | 28.4 | 19.4 | +5.3 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #17 | — | 11.0 | 10.3 | 29.0 | 18.9 | -0.1 | -24.2% |
| Iowa | 2015 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #9 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 30.1 | 21.0 | +7.9 | +31.9% |
| Iowa | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.2 | 6.8 | 32.5 | 24.2 | -6.5 | -7.7% |
| Iowa | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 9.7 | 17.3 | 29.6 | 12.4 | +12.8 | +28.2% |
| Iowa | 2012 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -3.1 | 0.5 | 22.5 | 22.4 | -7.9 | -20.5% |
| Iowa | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.8 | 12.8 | 32.4 | 19.7 | -7.4 | -7.7% |
| Iowa | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #9 | — | 12.2 | 17.0 | 35.9 | 19.8 | +1.1 | -23.1% |
| Iowa | 2009 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #22 | #7 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 25.1 | 8.9 | -3.1 | +15.4% |
| Iowa | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #20 | 14.2 | 25.5 | 35.4 | 10.9 | +16.2 | +19.2% |
| Iowa | 2007 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.0 | 6.5 | 23.6 | 16.5 | -5.3 | +3.9% |
| Iowa | 2006 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #16 | — | 3.3 | 13.4 | 32.0 | 18.4 | -12.2 | -12.2% |
| Iowa | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #11 | — | 15.5 | 20.9 | 38.5 | 17.6 | +2.4 | -25.0% |
| Iowa | 2004 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #19 | #8 | 13.1 | 20.0 | 34.4 | 15.3 | -3.0 | +6.4% |
| Iowa | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #8 | 16.1 | 21.2 | 36.7 | 17.0 | -2.2 | -7.7% |
| Iowa | 2002 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #8 | 18.3 | 20.7 | 43.3 | 25.6 | +5.5 | +26.3% |
| Iowa | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 12.8 | 14.9 | 39.4 | 26.7 | +15.1 | +33.3% |
| Iowa | 2000 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.3 | 1.9 | 27.8 | 26.6 | +4.2 | +15.9% |
| Iowa | 1999 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -6.5 | -6.7 | 25.4 | 31.6 | — | — |
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