Career
He is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, under Head Coach Fran McCaffery. Speraw previously served as the head coach for the men"s basketball team at the University of Central Florida, from 1993 to 2010. Speraw took the Knights to four National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearances.
Speraw"s first name was the inspiration for the formation of a UCF Basketball fan support group (Kirk"s Jerks).
Along with 2009, 2nd round draft pick (34th overall) shooting guard Jermaine Taylor, Andrew DeClercq (Florida "95) and Mark Jones (UCF "98) are the two former National Basketball Association players that Speraw has coached, with dozens playing professionally around the globe. Kirk also coached current National Basketball Association players Joey Graham and Steven Graham, who played at UCF for two years before transferring to Oklahoma State University.
The Sioux City, Iowa native played at the University of Iowa under coach Lute Olson. He also has an Master of Business Administration from the University of Denver.
The Knights have reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament four times in program history ("94, "96, "04, "05), all under the guidance of Kirk Speraw.
Prior to the 2006-2007 season, Speraw had a 209–178 record at UCF, and a 291–199 overall head coaching record. Coach Speraw has had success at his other stops prior to UCF. He came to UCF after three years as an assistant coach at the University of Florida under former Gators head coach Lon Kruger. Prior to UF, Kirk Speraw was the head coach at Pensacola Junior College from 1987-1990.
At PJC, Speraw led the Pirates to an 82–21 record and three straight Panhandle Conference titles.
As a head coach, he was 31-7 and finished fifth nationally in 1989-1990. On March 15, 2010, UCF fired Kirk Speraw as head basketball coach.
On April 23, 2010, Speraw was announced as the new Iowa assistant basketball coach under Fran McCaffery. On February 20, 2012, UCF announced that it was vacating its wins from the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 seasons after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team
