Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz and wide receivers coach Jon Budmayr will not coach the Hawkeyes’ season-opening game on Aug. 31 against Illinois State due to self-imposed one-game suspensions.
Ferentz and Budmayr will sit out the game after they were notified of possible recruiting violations related to the transfer of quarterback Cade McNamara from Michigan to Iowa in 2022.
The suspensions were originally reported to be related to an NCAA investigation. It’s not known whether the investigation was specifically about McNamara’s Dec. 1 commitment to Iowa after three days in the transfer portal, or if the discovery of the violations was a byproduct of a different investigation.
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