Iowa State AD fights back tears after Matt Campbell departs for Penn State coaching job

Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard fought back tears when talking about Matt Campbell leaving the school to take the Penn State head coaching job Pollard disclosed that he was sad but that Campbell does not owe Iowa State anything You re sad But you know what I get it Pollard declared to reporters Friday I ve done this long enough These jobs are hard and we make sacrifices that fans will never understand We do And he s had an amazing run as our football coach and didn t get to do it in front of his family and friends He had other times he could have left and he chose not to CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Matt Campbell though owes Iowa State nothing because he did more than we could ve ever ever dreamed he would do as our head coach So yeah a page turns But none of us are here forever Life goes on and so that s how I just viewed it the sun will come up in the east like it does every morning and we ll go on Penn State publicized Campbell as its new head coach on Friday pending board approval on Monday PENN STATE TO HIRE IOWA STATE'S MATT CAMPBELL AS NEXT HEAD COACH REPORTSThe -year-old is the winningest coach in Iowa State history The three-time Big Coach of the Year went - in seasons with the Cyclones with eight winning seasons including this one at - Campbell helped lead Iowa State to two Big championship encounter appearances Prior to coaching at Iowa State Campbell was the head coach at Toledo for five seasons where he went - Penn State hired Campbell nearly two months after the plan fired James Franklin Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter