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Ken O’Keefe will transfer from Iowa quarterbacks coach to an off-the-field function with the Hawkeyes, coach Kirk Ferentz introduced Wednesday.
O’Keefe was a member of Ferentz’s first employees at Iowa, serving as offensive coordinator from 1999-2011 in addition to receivers coach (1999) and quarterbacks coach (2000-2011).
O’Keefe left in 2011 for a training place within the NFL and returned to Iowa Metropolis to teach quarterbacks in 2017.
“My total household and I are extremely grateful to teach Ferentz, the gamers — particularly the quarterbacks I’ve been privileged to work with — the employees, the College of Iowa, and the good Hawkeye soccer followers for all of their assist these a few years,” O’Keefe mentioned.
“While you love what you do, and the place you do it, while you love being across the employees and dealing with super males like I do day-in and day-out, it’s exhausting to stroll away. However I’m assured that the time is true for me to step off the sector and embrace a brand new alternative.”
O’Keefe’s teaching profession has spanned 45 years. He was named Division III nationwide coach of the 12 months in 1990 after main Allegheny School to the nationwide title.
Iowa didn’t specify what O’Keefe’s function could be going ahead.
“Whereas we’ll miss having him on the sector on Saturdays, we’re wanting ahead to him persevering with to share his perspective and data to profit our total program,” Ferentz mentioned.
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