Matt Campbell (American football coach)

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Matt Campbell
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Campbell at 2017 Big 12 Media Days
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Iowa State
Conference Big 12
Record60–49
Annual salary$4 million (2021)
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-29) November 29, 1979 (age 44)
Massillon, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1998 Pittsburgh
1999–2002 Mount Union
Position(s) Defensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004 Bowling Green (GA)
2005–2006 Mount Union (OC/OL)
2007Bowling Green (OL)
2008Bowling Green (RGC/OL)
2009 Toledo (RGC/OL)
2010–2011Toledo (OC/OL)
2012–2015Toledo
2016–present Iowa State
Head coaching record
Overall95–64 (.597)
Bowls4–5 (.444)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MAC West Division (2014–2015)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2015)
3× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017, 2018, 2020)
2× AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017, 2020)

Matthew Allen Campbell (born November 29, 1979) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Iowa State University, a position he has held since the 2016 season. Campbell was head football coach at the University of Toledo from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Campbell had been an assistant at Toledo, Bowling Green, and Mount Union. Campbell grew up in Ohio and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh before transferring to Mount Union, where he played defensive line.

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Playing career

Campbell was born in Massillon, Ohio. His father Rick coached football at Jackson High School. [1] Matt played football at rival Perry, which won three conference championships while he was on the team. [2] Campbell initially attended the University of Pittsburgh on an athletic scholarship in 1998, but transferred to the University of Mount Union after a year. [3] At Mount Union, Campbell played on the defensive line between 1999 and 2002. [4] At Mount Union, Campbell played for head coach Larry Kehres, whose teams won three Division III championships during Campbell's career. Campbell himself was twice named to the College Football All-America Team and named Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year. [5]

Coaching career

After college, Campbell stayed within Ohio and took a job as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green State University from 2003 to 2004. [6] While at Bowling Green Scott Pioli, then the director of player personnel for the New England Patriots, offered Campbell an interview for a job at the team, but Campbell declined. [2] Campbell returned to Mount Union for 2005–2006 as offensive coordinator; Mount Union won the Division III championship both years. [6] Campbell then went back to Bowling Green for two years, first as offensive line coach (2007) and then as offensive line coach/run game coordinator (2008). The University of Toledo hired him as the run game coordinator for the 2009 season. This move reunited him with head coach Tim Beckman, defensive coordinator at Bowling Green during Campbell's first stint there. [7]

Toledo

Toledo promoted Campbell to offensive coordinator in 2010. Toledo made Campbell the permanent head coach at the end of 2011 when Beckman departed for the University of Illinois. He was 32 years old and the youngest head coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision. [8] Two weeks into the job, Toledo defeated Air Force in the Military Bowl. [2] Reportedly Campbell passed on a chance to serve on Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio State University. [9] Campbell coached four full seasons at Toledo: 2012–2015, amassing a record of 35–15. [4] The 2015 team peaked at No. 19 in the AP Poll, including a victory over Arkansas. [9]

Iowa State

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Campbell at the 2016 Iowa State spring football game

Iowa State University named Campbell its head coach on November 29, 2015, his 36th birthday, replacing the fired Paul Rhoads. Campbell signed a six-year, $22.5 million extension with the school on November 27, 2017. [10] Campbell was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year twice. [11] In his second year, Campbell led Iowa State to an 8–5 season that included wins against #3 Oklahoma and #4 TCU. Iowa State won their bowl game that year against the Memphis Tigers in the Liberty Bowl. During his third year at Iowa State, he led the Cyclones to a second 8–5 season. This included a 6–3 record in Big 12 play, their most conference wins in history. In 2018, Campbell was reportedly requested for an interview for the New York Jets NFL team, however, he declined the interview. [12]

In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Campbell led the Cyclones to their best season in decades. The Cyclones finished in first place in the Big 12, their first regular-season first-place finish of any sort in 119 years. However, they lost the Big 12 title game to Oklahoma. They were selected for the 2021 Fiesta Bowl, the first major-bowl appearance in school history, and defeated Oregon 34–17. They finished ninth in both major polls, the highest final ranking in school history.

On February 8, 2021, Iowa State announced a new contract extension for Campbell through the 2028 season. It was reported that Campbell was offered an eight-year, $68.5 million deal by the Detroit Lions for their head coaching position in 2021, but other reports said that the Lions never put an offer on the table. [13] [14]

On September 28, 2024, Campbell passed Dan McCarney to become the winningest coach in school history with a shutout victory over Houston. Additionally in 2024, the program got off to its best start since 1938.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference)(2011–2015)
2011 Toledo 1–00–0W Military
2012 Toledo 9–46–2T–2nd (West)L Famous Idaho Potato
2013 Toledo 7–55–3T–3rd (West)
2014 Toledo 9–47–1T–1st (West)W GoDaddy
2015 Toledo 9–26–2T–1st (West) Boca Raton*
Toledo:35–1524–8* Departed Toledo for Iowa State before bowl game
Iowa State Cyclones (Big 12 Conference)(2016–present)
2016 Iowa State 3–92–79th
2017 Iowa State 8–55–4T–4thW Liberty
2018 Iowa State 8–56–3T–3rdL Alamo
2019 Iowa State 7–65–4T–3rdL Camping World
2020 Iowa State 9–38–11stW Fiesta †99
2021 Iowa State 7–65–44thL Cheez-It
2022 Iowa State 4–81–810th
2023 Iowa State 7–66–3T–4thL Liberty
2024 Iowa State 7–24–2
Iowa State:60–5042–36
Total:95–64
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Personal life

In the summer of 2022, Campbell served as the head coach of the Gilbert 6th grade softball team. The team rallied from a 4–2 third inning deficit to defeat Roland-Story in the championship game. [15] He has four children with his wife, Erica.

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  8. ↑ Porter, Todd (December 12, 2011). "Toledo names Perry grad Matt Campbell head coach". The Repository . Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Wolken, Dan (October 20, 2015). "For No. 20 Toledo and Matt Campbell, little things lead to big success". USA Today . Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ Zucker, Joseph. "Matt Campbell, Iowa St. Agree to New 6-Year, $22.5M Contract After 7-5 Season". Bleacher Report .
  11. ↑ Visser, Ben (November 30, 2017). "Iowa State's Matt Campbell named Big 12 Coach of the Year". The Gazette. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ Phillips, Gary (December 31, 2018). "Report: Iowa State's Matt Campbell turns down Jets' interest". USA Today. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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  14. ↑ Links, Zachary (21 May 2021). "Lions Never Offered HC Job To Matt Campbell?". Pro Football Rumors. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  15. ↑ Gray, Rob (2022-09-12). "Campbell used softball-based story to inspire ISU in Cy-Hawk win". The Gazette. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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