How Jay Norvell Found His Way Back to Iowa Football: 'This Is My Tribe'

How Jay Norvell found his way back to Iowa football: 'This is my tribe'

Jay Norvell, who played for the Hawkeyes under Hayden Fry, is now Iowa football's running backs coach.

New Iowa running backs coach explains why he rejoined Hawkeyes

Following his dismissal from Colorado State, Jay Norvell took the opportunity to rejoin the Hawkeyes. He met with the media on Thursday to discuss his return to his alma mater.

Iowa running backs taking strides under new running backs coach Jay Norvell

From the top of the stairs in the lobby of the Hansen Football Performance Center, Iowa football running backs coach Jay Norvell eyed down the scrum of media awaiting his arrival in front of the microphone stand as he made his way to the main floor. Up until last fall, Norvell hadn’t been around the Hawkeye football program since his senior season in 1985. Norvell began his first media appearance as an Iowa coach with an opening statement expres…

Jay Norvell happy to be back at Iowa

Jay Norvell has coached in a lot of places at various levels. But, now in the later stages of his career he is happy to be back at Iowa.