Hawkeye Report Podcast

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss a long night at Kinnick Stadium as Iowa shutout Nevada, 27-0 and survived three weather delays. We look back on the strange night and Spencer Petras being allowed to take shots down the field with some success. Then we update the injury situation for […]

This week on the Chuck Long Podcast we look discuss Iowa’s situation at quarterback. What should Kirk Ferentz do with Spencer Petras? Should there be a change made this week and how do you handle it as a coach? What should Iowa do to jump start their struggling offense? We discuss all those topics and […]

It was a busy July 4th with a new verbal commitment to the 2023 Iowa football recruiting class. We take a look at the new commitment and the state of the class, along with which recruits might be next to join the Hawkeyes. We also talk some hoops recruiting with the July evaluation period getting […]

It was a big news day for the Big Ten and for the Iowa Hawkeye football team. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins us to discuss a massive day of news. First we discuss USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten. What does it mean for the conference and Iowa? What about the media rights […]

We continue our coaches series this summer and visit with Iowa wide receivers coach Kelton Copeland. We talk about his path into coaching and trying to keep a good work/life balance. Then we dive into the receiver position and he explains the three spots and the expectations for them. We also discuss the individual players […]

It’s been a busy few days on the Iowa basketball front with Keegan Murray being the 4th pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night and then a pair of verbal commitments for Fran McCaffery, one in the Class of 2023 and the other the first in the Class of 2024. We discuss Brock Harding […]

That’s right, back to back podcasts today! This time around, we visit with Iowa basketball strength and conditioning coach Bill Maxwell. We dive into the work he does year around with the Hawkeye hoops team. He talks about his work with the Murray twins and helping Keegan improve his vertical jump. We also discuss who […]

It was a first for the podcast with news breaking during the recording. Iowa basketball offered standout Moline point guard Brock Harding as we were recording, so we react to it in real time and discuss the fit he could potentially have at Iowa. The Hawkeye football team also had a massive recruiting weekend coming […]

On this podcast we visit with Iowa assistant basketball coach Kirk Speraw. He announced his retirement recently and will complete his coaching career at the end of June. We discuss his time with the Hawkeyes as a coach, getting to know Fran McCaffery once he was hired, when the chest bumping in the locker room […]

June is starting out as a month with a good amount of Hawkeye news. Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert discuss the big news of the day, Matt Gatens being hired as an assistant coach for Iowa basketball. Why is he a great fit and what will be the recruiting impact? Then we turn to football […]

This week on the podcast we are joined by Iowa offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Ferentz. In a wide ranging discussion we dive into what it’s like on the recruiting trail in the NIL era. We also talk about becoming a quarterback coach and how he evaluates players at the position. We then discuss […]

A wide ranging podcast this time around. First, we are joined by Kenyon Murray to discuss the return of his son, Kris, to the Iowa basketball roster after testing the NBA waters. How did Kris improve as a player and why he came back to lead the Hawkeyes next season. Then we turn to talking […]

With all the talk of NIL and boosters forming collectives, Iowa is getting involved with their own Swarm Collective, which will be officially launching shortly. We get a preview from one of our great message board posters Tx_Hawk, who is leading the group forming the Iowa booster collective. He gives Hawkeye fans a preview of […]

A bonus podcast heading into the holiday weekend. We visit with the Director of Recruiting for Iowa Football, Tyler Barnes. We talk about the preferred start times for home games from a recruiting perspective, the growth of NIL and how much is it being brought up by prospects, and we talk about the coaches being […]

Plenty of news happening with the Iowa football program as an incoming recruit decides he’s not coming to Iowa two weeks before he’s supposed to report to campus and Charlie Jones surprisingly enters the transfer portal and leaves the Hawkeye program. Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert discuss those topics, along with five star offensive lineman […]