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Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell signs $35 million extension

Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell on the sideline (2024)
Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell on the sideline (2024)Sam Hodde/Getty Images/AFP
Iowa State signed football head coach Matt Campbell to a $35 million contract extension, according to the program.

Campbell will now earn $5 million per year as the Cyclones head coach through the 2032 season - the same length as Iowa State basketball head coach TJ Otzelberger. The two will be the heads of Iowa State's major sports over the next seven years. 

Despite getting a slight bump in pay each year, it is also worth noting that Campbell took a lesser deal so that Iowa State could pay staff more money.

Campbell led the Cyclones this past season to the best record (11-3) in program history, ending the season with an insane 42-41 win over the Miami Hurricanes in the Pop-Tarts Bowl game. 

The three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017-2108, 2020) won his first after turning a 3-9 Cyclones team from 2016 into an 8-5 team the following year. Since then, Iowa State has only had one losing record (4-8 in 2022) under Campbell as head coach. 

Iowa State will open their 2025 season on August 23rd against Kansas State

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