UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – “Matt Campbell is Penn State.”

These were among the first words Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft said during Campbell’s introductory presser Monday as he spoke about what went into choosing Campbell as the next head coach of the program.

With the Nittany Lions’ search finally at its end, they now enter a new era — one Kraft said will be personified by “toughness, discipline, accountability and identity.”

After Kraft and Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi sung Campbell’s praises as a coach and a leader of men, and also gave Campbell and his family a warm welcome to Happy Valley, Campbell took to the podium to discuss what brought him to Penn State and what the future holds for it with him leading the charge.

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