Alert Top Story COLLEGE FOOTBALL | IOWA STATE Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard shares Matt Campbell's deeply personal reasons for going to Penn State From the Iowa State football coaching change coverage: Matt Campbell leaves, Jimmy Rogers hired series ben.hutchens Dec 5, 2025 Dec 5, 2025 Updated Jul 5, 2026 0 × Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard meets with the media to discuss Matt Campbell leaving for Penn State, hiring Jimmy Rogers. 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In this Series Iowa State football coaching change coverage: Matt Campbell leaves, Jimmy Rogers hired Updated Aug 20, 2026 UPDATE: Jimmy Rogers' buyout revealed, along with salary, contract incentives Updated Jul 5, 2026 What an emotional Matt Campbell said about Iowa State at Penn State introduction Updated Dec 15, 2025 Iowa State beat reporter Ben Hutchens reacts to Jimmy Rogers' opening press conference 23 updates Previous Next 0 Comments ben.hutchens Author email Follow ben.hutchens Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? 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Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard on Matt Campbell leaving, hiring Jimmy Rogers Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard meets with the media to discuss Matt Campbell leaving for Penn State, hiring Jimmy Rogers.
Iowa State tabs ex-South Dakota State coach as Campbell successor Iowa State wasted no time in finding its successor to Matt Campbell, tabbing a former FCS National Champion-winning head coach to take over th…
Matt Campbell leaves Iowa State to become Penn State head coach Matt Campbell has agreed to become the next football coach at Penn State.
What is coach Matt Campbell's buyout if he were to leave for Penn State? Here is Iowa State coach Matt Campbell's buyout if he leaves ISU for a "Power-four" job. Â
Why Iowa State hired Jimmy Rogers (And what TJ Otzelberger had to do with it) Jamie Pollard asked TJ Otzelberger for an opinion on new football coach Jimmy Rogers.
CyHawk Talk: Reacting to Matt Campbell leaving for Penn State, Iowa State hiring Jimmy Rogers Iowa State beat reporter Ben Hutchens reacts to Iowa State coach Matt Campbell leaving for Penn State.
One Iowa State football player declares for transfer portal after Matt Campbell exit Expect Iowa State's roster to undergo change after coach Matt Campbell left for Penn State and Jimmy Rogers is hired.Â
