Iowa State hires Jimmy Rogers
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Penn State took a circuitous route to making a solid hire, if not a home run with the addition of Iowa State's Matt Campbell.
Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard delivered an emotional message Friday night upon the departure of head football coach Matt Campbell. Campbell, who spent was ISU’s head coach from 2016 to 2025,
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Penn State finalizing deal to hire Matt Campbell as head football coach, ESPN reports
(WHTM) – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell is finalizing a deal to make him the 17th full-time head coach in Penn State football history, and ends a nearly two months long saga for the program.
The Iowa State Cyclones had an up-and-down 2025 college football season. Things got started on a high note, winning their first five games of the season and being ranked in the AP Poll Top 25. But they endured a brutal swoon in the middle of the campaign.
Iowa State on Friday night announced Jimmy Rogers is taking over as its new head football coach. Rogers led Washington State to a bowl game after taking South Dakota State to the 2023 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championship. He will be the program’s 34th head coach.
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