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IOWA FOOTBALL<br />
2016 MEDIA GUIDE<br />
Paul Federici<br />
Director of Football Operations<br />
13th Year at Iowa<br />
Paul Federici is in his 13th season working<br />
with the University of Iowa football <strong>program</strong>.<br />
Federici is in his eighth year as director of<br />
football operations after serving as director of<br />
athletic training services for five years.<br />
Federici coordinates many of the off the field<br />
logistics, as well as practice schedules and<br />
other football related items, for Head Coach Kirk Ferentz and the<br />
Hawkeye football <strong>program</strong>.<br />
The Hawkeyes posted a perfect 12-0 regular season record in<br />
2015, winning the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa<br />
participated in the 2016 Rose Bowl following a last-minute loss to<br />
Michigan State (16-13) in the Big Ten championship game and ended<br />
the season in the top 10 in the national rankings.<br />
Iowa has participated in January bowl games the past three<br />
seasons, including the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl<br />
and the 2016 Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top<br />
10 of both major polls five times in the past 14 seasons.<br />
Iowa has appeared in nine January bowl games since 2001. The<br />
Hawkeyes have won six bowl games under Kirk Ferentz and his staff,<br />
including four January bowl victories. The January Bowl wins have<br />
come over Florida (2004 Outback), LSU (2005 Capital One), South<br />
Carolina (2009 Outback) and Georgia Tech (2010 Orange).<br />
Iowa has won 116 games over the past 14 seasons, including 69<br />
Big Ten games. The Hawkeyes earned a share of the Big Ten title<br />
in both 2002 and 2004, tied for second in 2009 and won the West<br />
Division in 2015. Iowa has finished in the Big Ten’s first division in 13<br />
of the past 15 years.<br />
In his first season as director of football operations, Federici<br />
assisted with the planning, coordination and implementation of<br />
Iowa’s daily operation and travel plans as the Hawkeyes concluded<br />
the 2009 season with a 24-14 win in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl and<br />
a national ranking of seventh in the nation.<br />
Federici has assisted in 11 bowl games during his career, including<br />
the 2001 Senior Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2006 Outback Bowl,<br />
2006 Alamo Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowl, 2010 Orange Bowl, both<br />
the 2010 and 2011 Insight bowls, the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015<br />
TaxSlayer Bowl, and the 2016 Rose Bowl.<br />
Federici also served as a championship team operations<br />
liaison at the 2015 and 2016 college football playoff national<br />
championship games.<br />
Federici joined the Iowa Athletic Department staff in 2004 after<br />
serving as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Seattle Seahawks for five<br />
seasons. Prior to joining the Seahawks in January, 1999, Federici was<br />
the Head Athletic Trainer at Vanderbilt University from 1994-99.<br />
As an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Vanderbilt from 1987-1993,<br />
Federici worked with football, baseball, men’s basketball and<br />
men’s and women’s golf teams. He was named Head Athletic<br />
Trainer for the Commodores in 1994, and was recognized as the<br />
College Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic<br />
Trainers Society that year.<br />
Certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association in 1985,<br />
Federici served as a test site administrator and host athletic trainer<br />
for the N.A.T.A. Board of Certification examinations from 1991-95. He<br />
has volunteered for the Tennessee State Amateur Games, the LPGA<br />
Sara Lee Tournament at Hermitage Golf Club, and the Senior PGA<br />
Bell South Tournament at Springhouse Golf Club. Federici was a case<br />
study presenter at the 2001 A.O.S.S.M. meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., as<br />
well as the 2002 N.A.T.A. June Symposium in Dallas, Texas.<br />
OPERATIONS STAFF<br />
While at Vanderbilt, Federici served on several athletic department<br />
committees, including the Mission/Vision planning team, the External<br />
Communications Committee, the Management Team of Department<br />
Heads and the Sports Nutrition Planning Team.<br />
Federici earned his B.S. degree in Health Education from Penn State<br />
University in 1985 and his M.Ed. in Health Promotion/Education from<br />
Vanderbilt in 1991.<br />
Federici was born in Findlay, Ohio, and grew up in Oakmont,<br />
Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Teddie, have a son, Noah.<br />
Ben Hansen<br />
Assistant Director of Football Operations<br />
Fourth Year at Iowa<br />
Ben Hansen is in his fourth year as assistant<br />
director of football operations at the University<br />
of Iowa. Hansen previously worked with the<br />
Iowa defensive line as a student assistant<br />
(2009-2011).<br />
The Hawkeyes posted a perfect 12-0 regular<br />
season record in 2015, winning the West<br />
Division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa participated in the 2016<br />
Rose Bowl following a last-minute loss to Michigan State (16-13) in<br />
the Big Ten championship game and ended the season in the top 10<br />
in the national rankings.<br />
Iowa has participated in January bowl games the past three<br />
seasons, including the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl<br />
and the 2016 Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top<br />
10 of both major polls five times in the past 14 seasons.<br />
Hansen served on the 2016 Rose Bowl Advisory Committee as the<br />
Hawkeyes were selected to play in the Rose Bowl following the Big<br />
Ten title game.<br />
Prior to rejoining the Iowa <strong>program</strong>, Hansen served as a graduate<br />
teaching assistant while working towards his master’s degree at the<br />
University of Tennessee. He served as a board member for Partners In<br />
Sports while earning his master’s degree in sport management from<br />
Tennessee in 2013.<br />
Hansen also served as an intern at Stanford University with facilities,<br />
operations and event management within the Cardinal Athletic<br />
Department.<br />
In his previous stint with the Iowa football <strong>program</strong>, Hansen worked<br />
with the defensive line in 2009 and 2010, as the Hawkeyes compiled<br />
a two-year record of 19-7. Iowa won the Orange Bowl following the<br />
2009 season and the Insight Bowl following the 2010 campaign,<br />
defeating a ranked opponent in both contests.<br />
Hansen also served as a youth basketball and football coach<br />
through the Mercer Aquatic Center in Iowa City. He earned his<br />
bachelor’s degree in recreation management from Iowa in 2010.<br />
Hansen is a native of Hampton, Iowa, and graduated from<br />
Hampton-Dumont High School. As a prep he lettered in football,<br />
basketball and track.<br />
Hansen was born Feb. 5, 1988, in Marshalltown, Iowa. His wife’s<br />
name is Emily.<br />
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