Articles Tagged: Matt Campbell

Defending Big 12 champion and 17th-ranked Baylor poses a distinct challenge to the youthful, but surging Iowa State Cyclones precisely because they don’t have a noticeable flaw.

Iowa State first-year starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers shined as usual in the passing game. His top target, Xavier Hutchinson, posted big numbers yet again. And the Cyclones cruised to a 43-10 win Saturday over outmanned Ohio while simultaneously proving why Matt Campbell, often refers to football as “a game of imperfection.”

Trailing Iowa at halftime, Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell issued a challenge based on his other coaching experience: Gilbert’s sixth-grade girls’ softball team finding a way to rally and win.

When it needed to, Iowa State went 99 yards on a drive. Iowa had 150, total.

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell’s smile seemed to span sideline-to-sideline Friday night as the sun slung low around Jack Trice Stadium. Victory Day was back after a two-year hiatus necessitated by COVID-19 based safety protocols.

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell is still learning and still growing — and he’s the Cyclones’ best hire from Toledo, according to women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly.

The 2022 Iowa State football season is rife with uncertainty for head coach Matt Campbell and the Cyclones — and he’s facing it with alacrity rather than anxiety.

Getting young players in front of fans early, and in cold weather, is all part of the plan for Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell.

Spring practice is over and the Iowa State football newcomers are eager to show they belong.

Iowa State’s defense can build around linebacker O’Rien Vance in 2022.

A Cheez-It Bowl loss to Clemson told the tale of 2021 for Iowa State football.

Same stadium. Same bowl game. Different elite opponent. Only the names have changed from 2019 as Iowa State prepares to face Clemson in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl.

Iowa State will face Clemson in the Cheez-It Bowl. Coaches Matt Campbell and Dabo Swinney developed a friendship after bumping into each other at the airport.

This, that and another thing ... Matt Campbell should stay at ISU and we welcome back Rob Gray

The most accomplished senior class in Iowa State history paved the way for the future.