Just weeks after University of Iowa separation deal with football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle, new allegations of racism have emerged within the soccer program. On Monday, the former Iowa runner Akrum Wadley He detailed his negative experience at school, alleging abusive and racist behavior by current and former Hawkeyes coaches.
Wadley made the allegations in a Facebook post published by Robert T. Green, CEO of Pre-Post Game, a sports consulting firm that currently represents several former Iowa players. In the post, Wadley wrote that “playing for football Iowa was a living nightmare, “alleging that the head coach Kirk Ferentzoffensive coordinator Brian Ferentzand former strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle responsible for his mistreatment at the university.
“I wish I had never played for the Iowa Hawkeyes,” Wadley wrote. “I would not recommend to any future athlete or parent to send their children to play the Iowa Hawkeyes under the current training staff …
“My hope is that my story and those of my teammates will save others from the experiences, truths and mistakes of playing underneath and for a coaching staff in Iowa that did and said nothing to prevent bullying and racism from happening to us low Chris Doyle, Brian Ferentzand Kirk Ferentz. What you see on television is not what you get behind closed doors. “
Wadley alleges that Brian Ferentz He repeatedly pranked on him committing robberies whenever they saw him wearing team-issued clothing that was black in color. He also claims that the coach chided him for a parking space and that he publicly wished that one of his own players was injured during practice.
Wadley alleges that he and other teammates were “Coached” by coaches “to the extreme with respect to not doing Iowa’s required weight.”
“I was threatened by Kirk Ferentz my food card would be taken away and I will not be able to eat or sit with my teammates during meal sessions. He carried out his threat. I went to use my food card and it was declined.
“I had to call my mother from New Jersey at 10 or 11 at night because I was hungry to order Dominos Pizza for me. Or he would have to go to an admirer’s house earlier in the evening to eat because there was no way he could survive vomiting the next day, being weak, and able to pass school and practice that day. “
Wadley played for Iowa from 2013 to 2017. During his junior and senior seasons, Wadley became one of four running backs in school history to run for more than 1.00 yards in consecutive seasons. He finished his career with 536 carries for 2,872 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns, adding 71 catches for 761 receiving yards and seven scores.
