Before it travels to Tampa, Fla., for its date against No. 14 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz revealed on Thursday afternoon that one of its key staffers, special teams coordinator LeVar Woods, is departing the program to take a coaching position at Michigan State.
Woods will join new Michigan State head football coach Pat Fitzgerald on the Spartans’ coaching staff. Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Woods is leaving to serve as Michigan State’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator.
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“Lastly, I just want to take a minute here and just give you a program update, just to make this announcement. LeVar Woods, who’s going to come up here in a second, has decided to take another position. He’s going to take a position at another program, so he’s going to coach throughout the bowl game, throughout this bowl game and then he’ll be headed to Michigan State.
“I know it was a tough decision for him, and it was a really good opportunity for him to consider. We’ve had several coaches have that opportunity as well, so just first and foremost want to congratulate him on that,” Ferentz said of Woods.
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