Kirk Ferentz - Dean of B1G Coaches

[herky]

Kirk Ferentz is the new dean of the B1G. When Iowa hired Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Kirk Ferentz as its 26th head football coach in December 1998 …

- Current Illinois head coach Tim Beckman was finishing his first season as Gary Blackney's defensive coordinator at Bowling Green.

- Current Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson was wrapping up his second season as Randy Walker's offensive coordinator at Miami (Ohio) and preparing to follow Walker to Northwestern.

- Current Michigan head coach Brady Hoke was a defensive line coach in Ann Arbor.

- Current Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio was a defensive backs coach in East Lansing.

- Current Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill was finishing up his fifth year as Saginaw Valley State head coach.

- Current Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini was linebacker coach for Pete Carroll's New England Patriots.

- Current Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald was finishing up his first and only season as Ron Vanderlinden's linebackers coach at Maryland (Vanderlinden was Gary Barnett's defensive coordinator when Fitzgerald was a player there), his first year of coaching at any level.

- Current Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was preparing for his fourth season as Notre Dame's receivers coach under head coach Bob Davie.

- Current Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien was wrapping up his first season as Georgia Tech running backs coach under George O'Leary and offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen.

- Current Purdue head coach Danny Hope was getting ready for his third year as Purdue's offensive line coach.

- Current Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema was finishing up his third season as Iowa's linebackers coach and waiting to see if the new guy would keep him on staff. (Ferentz did.)

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