{"id":22766,"date":"2015-12-09T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T22:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=22766"},"modified":"2015-12-09T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T22:46:19","slug":"iowas-kirk-ferentz-keeps-job-leads-team-to-best-season-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/iowas-kirk-ferentz-keeps-job-leads-team-to-best-season-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa&#8217;s Kirk Ferentz keeps job, leads team to best season ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lena Blietz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz entered the year\u00a0on the hot seat after a 7-6 football season in 2014. Ferentz responded by leading the team to its first 12-0 regular season.\u00a0He was\u00a0named\u00a0Big Ten Coach of the Year as Iowa made its\u00a0first appearance in the conference championship game. 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