Alert Top Story COLLEGE FOOTBALL IOWA STATE What an emotional Matt Campbell said about Iowa State at Penn State introduction From the Iowa State football coaching change coverage: Matt Campbell leaves, Jimmy Rogers hired series ben.hutchens Dec 8, 2025 Dec 8, 2025 Updated Apr 3, 2026 0 × Jimmy Rogers is introduced as the 34th head coach in Iowa State history with athletic director Jamie Pollard and president Wendy Wintersteen. 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Follow him on X or send him an email at Ben.Hutchens@lee.net. In this Series Iowa State football coaching change coverage: Matt Campbell leaves, Jimmy Rogers hired Updated Apr 1, 2026 UPDATE: Jimmy Rogers' buyout revealed, along with salary, contract incentives Updated Apr 3, 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? Sign Up Today Related to this story Jimmy Rogers introduced as Iowa State football coach | Iowa State football Jimmy Rogers is introduced as the 34th head coach in Iowa State history with athletic director Jamie Pollard and president Wendy Wintersteen. Iowa State beat reporter Ben Hutchens reacts to Jimmy Rogers' opening press conference Hutchens shares his thoughts from new Iowa State football coach's introductory press conference. WATCH: Jimmy Rogers introduced as Iowa State football coach, answers questions Jimmy Rogers, 34th head football coach in Iowa State history, answered questions about the transfer portal and his coaching philosophy. Which Iowa State coaches have followed Matt Campbell to Penn State: QB coach Jake Waters joins Nittany Lions Here are the reported Iowa State coaches and staff members who have followed Campbell to Penn State. 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Jimmy Rogers introduced as Iowa State football coach | Iowa State football Jimmy Rogers is introduced as the 34th head coach in Iowa State history with athletic director Jamie Pollard and president Wendy Wintersteen.
Iowa State beat reporter Ben Hutchens reacts to Jimmy Rogers' opening press conference Hutchens shares his thoughts from new Iowa State football coach's introductory press conference.
WATCH: Jimmy Rogers introduced as Iowa State football coach, answers questions Jimmy Rogers, 34th head football coach in Iowa State history, answered questions about the transfer portal and his coaching philosophy.Â
Which Iowa State coaches have followed Matt Campbell to Penn State: QB coach Jake Waters joins Nittany Lions Here are the reported Iowa State coaches and staff members who have followed Campbell to Penn State.
UPDATE: Jimmy Rogers' buyout revealed, along with salary, contract incentives Jimmy Rogers buyout, salary, contract incentives at Iowa State revealed and how they compares to Matt Campbell's new deal.
3 Takeaways from Jimmy Rogers' introductory press conference Jimmy Rogers, Iowa State’s new football coach, is intense. He’s a straight-shooter, too.Â
Iowa State athletic director talks candidly about NIL, funding Jamie Pollard shares how the football, basketball, wrestling programs received revenue-sharing money.Â
CyHawk Talk: Cyclones win recruiting battle vs Iowa, Wisconsin + How to feel about transfer portal additions
