CHICAGO– Big Ten Media Days have officially wrapped for 2026, now begins the countdown to the start of the regular season. On the event’s first day, Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz sang praises of his former special teams coordinator LeVar Woods, who joined Fitzgerald’s staff at Michigan State this offseason. It will be cool to go back, that’s where I started playing college football, but I’m not thinking of it as too much of a big game.” Ultimately, the relationship between Coach Kelly and Aidan, Coach Neuheisel and Aidan made all of us, including Aidan, really confident that this was the right partnership.” Braun was named the interim head coach, and later permanent head coach the following season.