His son being OC is some Houdini type “nah, this isn’t nepotism” shyt.
In 2012, Iowa brought on Brian to be the team’s offensive line coach. To that point, Brian had been a quality control coach for the New England Patriots, coached by Kirk’s dear friend, Bill Belichick. He had also spent one year coaching tight ends there. But he’d never been a line coach, and Kirk brought him on for that role. Or did he? Barta, the AD, said he had hired Brian. In his introductory press conference, Brian contradicted that, saying that Kirk had come to him: “You can’t say no to your father,” he explained. To comply with school nepotism policies, Brian nominally reports to Barta, an astonishing structure that would, if followed, mean the head coach of Iowa does not have oversight of the guy running Iowa’s offense. The promotion to coordinator came in 2017 and sounded, in Iowa’s telling, like a joint decision by Kirk and Barta. It was not insane on football terms, as Iowa had produced good offensive lin In 2012, Iowa brought on Brian to be the team’s offensive line coach. To that point, Brian had been a quality control coach for the New England Patriots, coached by Kirk’s dear friend, Bill Belichick. He had also spent one year coaching tight ends there. But he’d never been a line coach, and Kirk brought him on for that role. Or did he? Barta, the AD, said he had hired Brian. In his introductory press conference, Brian contradicted that, saying that Kirk had come to him: “You can’t say no to your father,” he explained. To comply with school nepotism policies, Brian nominally reports to Barta, an astonishing structure that would, if followed, mean the head coach of Iowa does not have oversight of the guy running Iowa’s offense. The promotion to coordinator came in 2017 and sounded, in Iowa’s telling, like a joint decision by Kirk and Barta. It was not insane on football terms, as Iowa had produced good offensive lines under the Ferentzes. But it was ethically questionable, and since then, no Iowa offense has reached a level one would describe as “good.”