IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, the former head coach at the University of Maine, signed a three-year extension that will keep him under contract with the Hawkeyes through 2012.

The school announced the extension Tuesday, three days after the 12th-ranked Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin to clinch a share of the Big Ten title – their second conference championship in three years.

Ferentz, who was The Associated Press Coach of the Year in 2002, has a 53-52 overall record as a head coach, including a 41-31 mark in six seasons at Iowa.