On Sunday, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reported that the Iowa Hawkeyes hired former Green Bay Packers senior analyst Tim Lester as the team’s next offensive coordinator. Iowa’s offensive coordinator job has been open for months after head coach Kirk Ferentz had to part ways with his son Brian Ferentz amid poor offensive performances and accusations of nepotism.
Considering Lester’s ties to Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, nepotism is a touchy subject here. The two were college quarterbacks together at Western Michigan during the 1998 and 1999 seasons, so one could argue that nepotism was why Lester finally made the jump to the professional level last year.