'This is where I want to be': Seth Wallace calling Iowa football home
Seth Wallace, Iowa's assistant head coach, is a hot commodity, yet he has always chosen to stay with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Few schools retain players like the Iowa Hawkeyes are able to do in today's world of transfer portal moves and NIL deals. Even fewer schools are able to retain the continuity among the coaching staff that head coach Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes have done. The Hawkeyes have been able to remain steady among the coaching front lines for the most part, with the main trio of head coach Kirk Ferentz, defensive coordinator Phil Parker, and assistant head coach Seth Wallace remaining in place for over a decade.
Wallace, the youngest of the bunch, has been a rapid riser and a hot name in coaching circles, with a strong level of attraction growing from teams in the Big Ten, as they try to lure him away from Iowa . Despite opportunities from schools such as Minnesota, Purdue, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Nebraska, and Michigan State, he has always remained loyal to Iowa. In an interview with Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register on Legends and Listeners, Wallace elaborated on why Iowa remains home for him.
"I grew up in Iowa. I wouldn't be in this position if it wasn't for Iowa, if it wasn't for Norm Parker, Phil Parker, Kirk Ferentz. I grew up a coach's kid, but I watched my father do it at the Division 3 level.
I admired it. I loved it. "People ask me, 'Who did you grow up watching?