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Iowa hiring ex-Colorado State coach Jay Norvell as offensive analyst

February 4, 2026

By Nick Kosko, On3 Sports: Former Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell is joining the Iowa football staff as an offensive analyst, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Norvell was fired back in October but now returns to his alma mater.

“Sources: Former Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell is joining the staff at Iowa as an offensive analyst,” Thamel wrote on Twitter/X. “Norvell spent nine seasons as a college head coach at CSU and Nevada, authoring five bowl seasons. He’ an Iowa graduate who served as an honorary captain in November.”

Norvell finished 18-26 in three and a half seasons at Colorado State following a successful tenure at Nevada from 2017-21. With the Wolf Pack, Norvell went 33-26 and was 2-1 in bowl games while not coaching in a fourth after he took the job with the Rams.

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