Those hoping for big changes in the offense of the Hawkeye football team will be disappointed after head coach Kirk Ferentz addressed the issue Thursday.

The Iowa offense was one of the worst in the country last season and relied heaving on the defense in its wins. Ferentz’s son Brian — who is the offensive coordinator — has been a big focus of the criticism. But Ferentz says the program’s history has not been to fire coordinators, and that is not going to change.

Ferentz says the program has had some down time, but they always bounce back. And he says they had eight wins last year and 10 wins the year before despite the low scoring offense.

Hawkeye Athletic Director, Gary Barta, also met with the media and backed up his coach.

Under the U-I system, Barta personally evaluates Brian Ferentz since he is Kirk’s son.

Barta also indicated changes in the players will make a difference this coming season.

The Hawkeye offense finished 130 out of 131 F-B-S programs and had the worst average yardage per game since 1978.