Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard understood the job. Always be ready.
Minutes after we announced Matt Campbell had agreed to become Penn State's new head coach, Pollard announced he has his new head coach.
Washington State head coach Jimmy Rogers has signed a six year agreement to serve as head coach of Iowa State football.
From Iowa State's release:
Jimmy Rogers, who guided Washington State to a bowl game in his first season on the Palouse after leading South Dakota State to the 2023 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championship, has been selected as the 34th head football coach in Iowa State history, Cyclone Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard announced today.
"Jimmy Rogers is a rising star in college athletics who has very strong ties to the Midwest both as a player and as a coach," Pollard said. "He has been on my short-list ever since the first time I met him. He immediately impressed me with his interest in Iowa State University and told me during our first visit several years ago that he wanted to be the next head coach at Iowa State.
"Since our initial meeting, I have stayed in close contact with him and have been very impressed with his work ethic and understanding of what it takes to be successful at Iowa State," he added. "He is a proven winner who has demonstrated throughout his career that he will fit our culture."
Rogers, who agreed to a six-year contract with Iowa State, joins the Cyclones from Washington State University, where he guided the Cougars to a 6-6 record in his lone season as head coach on the Palouse. Just the fourth of the Cougars' 35 head football coaches to lead WSU to a bowl game in their first season on the sideline in Pullman, three of the bowl-bound Cougars' six losses came at the hands of teams ranked in the College Football Playoff Selection Committee's penultimate rankings—24-21 at No. 6 Ole Miss, 22-20 at No. 17 Virginia and 24-20 at No. 25 James Madison. All-told, Rogers owns a 33-9 (.786) three-year head coaching record, which includes a 27-3 (.900) mark in two seasons at South Dakota State.