WHO COULD REPLACE JIM REID AS IOWA'S LB COACH?

For the first time in a few years, Kirk Ferentz is going to have to get out his rolodex and find a new face to add to the Iowa coaching staff after Jim Reid departed to take over as defensive coordinator/LB coach for Boston College. (Ferentz did rejigger some coaching responsibilities after last season, but that was just a matter of reallocating the work -- no new faces joined the staff.) So who might he look to add? Honestly, we have no idea. Ferentz plays coaching searches pretty close to the vest most of the time and especially for a position line linebacker coach (one of the more entry-level roles on the staff) the possibilities for who it could be are considerable. There's a pretty good chance that the new addition to the Iowa coaching lineup is not someone listed below. And that's fine! But we're going to speculate anyway.

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