Articles Tagged: Matt Campbell

Here are five things to watch as Iowa State puts a bow on spring football Saturday and prepares for the important summer strength and conditioning workouts to come.

Iowa State’s football team will take the field Saturday at roughly 10 a.m. for a spring “game” and perform drills for swaths of bundled-up Cyclone fans at Jack Trice Stadium for the first time since 2017.

The good news for Iowa State: Quarterback Hunter Dekkers and most of the team’s key contributors in 2022 are healthy this spring. The not-so-good news: Several others are dealing with the lingering effects of injuries and will be limited in terms of on-the-field activity for most if not all of the spring’s 15 practices.

Cyclone football coach took a hard look at season filled with close losses and decided offense need to be fixed.

The reshaping of the Iowa State football coaching staff has begun. Head coach Matt Campbell announced the program has parted ways with offensive coordinator Tom Manning and director of strength and conditioning Dave Andrews.

The Iowa State football team can finish on a very high note if it can upset TCU on Sunday in Fort Worth.

The Iowa State football team continues to struggle with execution on offense as the season winds down.

Entering the team’s bye week, here are three reasons for optimism, as well as three causes for ongoing concern, for the Iowa State football team.

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.