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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Brickleberried on 2023-11-19 19:51:18.
According to the College Football Hall of Fame: “A coach becomes eligible three years after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age. He must have been a head coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage*.” (emphasis mine)
Kirk has obviously been head coach for more than 10 years and has won 100 games. This is his 25th year at Iowa and 28th year overall. He was the head coach at Maine for three seasons from 1990-1992. That is the part that’s been holding him back from a 60% win percentage. There is nothing in the rules to suggest that they can ignore his head coaching record at Maine.
Kirk Ferentz is 207-138, which is exactly a 60% win percentage. His Iowa record is 195-117 (62.5%). His Maine record is 12-21 (36%). Just for fun, his Big 10 record is 121-85 (58.7%).
Iowa must go 2-1 to finish the season for Kirk to stay above 60% going into the off-season if he were going to retire then. (If Iowa were to finish the year 1-2, Iowa would need to go 9-4 next year for Kirk to hit 60% again… or 10-3 if Iowa finishes 0-3.)
If Iowa does go 2-1 to finish out, does Kirk retire? He would end eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame, and his son is being let go. Seems like if he’s going to retire anytime soon, that would be the moment.