The Athletic has a series that talks about recruiting for specific states, and they just wrote about the state of Iowa. They interview local coaches and some pretty good comments about KState recruiting the state (oh, and Conor Riley is a stud). Just a few snippets.
Other Power 5 schools have entered the area, especially those located along or near the Iowa border. Which schools are the most active with your school and what are your impressions?
- Coach 1: Kansas State and Kansas have done a phenomenal job since they have turned over the coaching staffs. They have made it a point to make (southwest Iowa) a priority for them. Omaha has a different recruiter for Kansas State than they do for us in southwest Iowa, even though we’re right there on the river. But Kansas has the same recruiter, and they’ve done a fabulous job of maintaining and starting to grow that relationship with us in our program. Nebraska honestly has not done a very good job. They’ll come in if we have a guy, but they don’t stop in if we don’t. We don’t hear too much from Minnesota, but they have stopped in in the past. Kansas and Kansas State, regardless of who we have, they make it a point to stop.
- Coach 2: I haven’t dealt with Nebraska and Minnesota but I really dealt with Kansas State when (head coach Chris) Klieman took over. He’s got a lot of Iowa roots. And obviously, when (former offensive coordinator) Courtney Messingham was there, Messingham had a ton of Iowa roots as well. But now that Messingham is gone, they’ve still been on our school. They’ve sent a coach up, (defensive coordinator Joe) Klanderman, I think is who’s going to start taking over this area.
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Other Power 5 schools have entered the area, especially those located along or near the Iowa border. Which schools are the most active with your school and what are your impressions?
- Coach 1: Kansas State and Kansas have done a phenomenal job since they have turned over the coaching staffs. They have made it a point to make (southwest Iowa) a priority for them. Omaha has a different recruiter for Kansas State than they do for us in southwest Iowa, even though we’re right there on the river. But Kansas has the same recruiter, and they’ve done a fabulous job of maintaining and starting to grow that relationship with us in our program. Nebraska honestly has not done a very good job. They’ll come in if we have a guy, but they don’t stop in if we don’t. We don’t hear too much from Minnesota, but they have stopped in in the past. Kansas and Kansas State, regardless of who we have, they make it a point to stop.
- Coach 2: I haven’t dealt with Nebraska and Minnesota but I really dealt with Kansas State when (head coach Chris) Klieman took over. He’s got a lot of Iowa roots. And obviously, when (former offensive coordinator) Courtney Messingham was there, Messingham had a ton of Iowa roots as well. But now that Messingham is gone, they’ve still been on our school. They’ve sent a coach up, (defensive coordinator Joe) Klanderman, I think is who’s going to start taking over this area.
