Despite this, head coach Kirk Ferentz receives an orange Gatorade shower. Iowa Football Head Coach Kirk Ferentz gets doused in an orange Gatorade shower after his record-breaking win number 206 in the Big Ten Conference (Hawkeye Athletics). And despite all of this support, everywhere you look, there’s also someone calling for Kirk Ferentz to lose his job. Iowa Football Head Coach Kirk Ferentz is often criticized for his on-the-field production, and praised by his players for off-the-field relationships (Hawkeye Athletics). At one point, he fields a question about what he’s built as a head coach.