Hawkeye Report Podcast

tkakert@aol.com

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Booking Overview

A sports-focused Iowa athletics show that mixes in-depth, behind-the-scenes coaching and athlete perspective alongside broader program updates. For PR, it’s a high-visibility pitch for football/wrestling/basketball-related experts and team staff tied to Iowa sports.

Metrics

Episodes: 858

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

tkakert@aol.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
College athletics stakeholders tied to the Iowa Hawkeyes—coaches (e.g., position coaches/associate head coach), and Iowa sports beat/media figures or program-associated personnel.
Required Achievements:  
Current role within a major college athletics program, Direct responsibility for a specific sport/position group, Regular visibility in team media and recruiting/program conversations

Recent Guest Discussions

Tanner Lafever - Iowa Men’s And Women’s Wrestling Updates Including Spencer Lee And Incoming Hawkeye Recruits.

Kyle Huesmann - Takeaways From Iowa Women's Basketball Practice And Media Comments By Jan Jensen.

Tom Kakert - Iowa Athletics Updates Including Iowa Basketball And Iowa Sports Program Items.

Seth Wallace - Work/life Balance For Coaches; College Football Landscape Changes; Linebacker Room And Position Development; Mentoring And Adding Coaching Staff Impact.

Billy VandeMerkt - Coaching Journey And Path Into Iowa; Traits For Successful Quarterbacks; Spring Quarterback Competition; Passing Game/receivers; Learning From Tom Moore And Kirk Ferentz.

Recent Topics

College Football, College Athletics, Coaching, Sports, Basketball

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Hawkeye Report Podcast
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 797

June 26, 2026

It's a double dose of the Hawkeye Report Podcast to wrap up the week. There's been a lot going on with Iowa athletics and we needed to do a bit of housekeeping to get caught up on the news on several fronts. Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever are on this edition of the podcast and we open talking about Iowa's Bennett Stirtz being a first round pick eventually landing with the Oklahoma City Thunder. We discuss that selection and what it might mean for Hawkeye basketballl.  Then we m...

Hawkeye Report Podcast 796

June 25, 2026

We continue our Hawkeye Report Summer Podcast series this time with Associate Head Coach and Linebackers Coach Seth Wallace joining us for a great conversation about Iowa football and mentors.  We open the show talking about keeping a work/life balance as a coach and the demands of the job. He talks about the importance of having some time off this time of the year to spend time with family. Wallace also talks about the state of college football, in particular how it has change post the House...

Hawkeye Report Podcast 795

June 24, 2026

We continue our Hawkeye Report Summer Podcast series as we are joined by Iowa quarterback coach Billy VandeMerkt, who took over that position earlier this year.  The pod opens with getting to know VandeMerkt better. His upbringing in Illinois and how Tim Lester attempted to recruit him to play quarterback for him at Elmhurst College, where he was the head coach at the time. We then discuss his journey into coaching and how it got started thanks to a coach who is now an NFL coach. How that coa...

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