Longtime Iowa athletic director Gary Barta is set to retire effective Aug. 1, according to Friday morning reports from Scott Dochterman of The Athletic and Pete Thamel of ESPN.
The reports subsequently were confirmed by the school’s athletic department.
The 59-year-old Barta has served as Iowa’s AD since 2006 and spent two years as chairman of the College Football Playoff committee. In addition, Barta and Hawkeyes football coach Kirk Ferentz currently rank as the nation’s longest-serving athletic director-football coach combination at one school.
