IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz has been named a finalist for two coach of the year awards. Ferentz is one of eight finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (Football Writers Association of America), and one of three finalists for the George Munger Coach of the Year Award (Maxwell Football Club). The announcements were made Monday.
Joining Ferentz as finalists for the 2015 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award are Mark Dantonio of Michigan State, Houston’s Tom Herman, Brian Kelly of Notre Dame, Temple’s Matt Ruhle, David Shaw of Stanford, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops, and Dabo Swinney of Clemson.