After a search that took more than 50 days, Penn State has finally landed on Iowa State’s Matt Campbell as the 17th full-time head coach in program history .

Campbell, a three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year honoree and the winningest coach in Cyclone history, will have a lengthy to-do list as he gets settled in Happy Valley.

Chiefly among them? He’ll need to fill out his coaching staff for the 2026 Nittany Lions.

There are candidates to be retained from the 2025 staff under James Franklin, and many of the former staffers may choose to follow Franklin to his new post at Virginia Tech.

Most notably, reports have already surfaced that Campbell will retain former interim head coach Terry Smith with a four-year deal. Check one major priority off his to-do list.

But Campbell has been at Io

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