iowa state cyclones football head coaches history

Matt Campbell has coached Iowa State from 2016 to 2025.

COACHYEARSTEAMRECORD (REG)RECORD (PST)
1
Matt Campbell
2016-2025
Iowa State Cyclones
66-55
1-0
2
Paul Rhoads
2009-2015
Iowa State Cyclones
32-55
3
Gene Chizik
2007-2008
Iowa State Cyclones
5-19
4
Dan McCarney
1995-2006
Iowa State Cyclones
56-85
5
Jim Walden
1987-1994
Iowa State Cyclones
28-57-3
6
Jim Criner
1983-1986
Iowa State Cyclones
16-24-2
7
Chuck Banker
1986
Iowa State Cyclones
1-1
8
Donnie Duncan
1979-1982
Iowa State Cyclones
18-24-2
9
Earle Bruce
1973-1978
Iowa State Cyclones
36-32
10
Johnny Majors
1968-1972
Iowa State Cyclones
24-30-1
11
Clay Stapleton
1958-1967
Iowa State Cyclones
42-53-4
12
Jim Myers
1957
Iowa State Cyclones
4-5-1
13
Vince Di Francesca
1954-1956
Iowa State Cyclones
6-21-1
14
Emmett R. "Abe" Stuber
1947-1953
Iowa State Cyclones
24-38-3
15
Michael Michalske
1942-1946
Iowa State Cyclones
17-16-3
16
Ray Donels
1941-1942
Iowa State Cyclones
4-10-1
17
Jim Yeager
1937-1940
Iowa State Cyclones
16-19-1
18
George Veenker
1931-1936
Iowa State Cyclones
21-22-8
19
C. Noel Workman
1926-1930
Iowa State Cyclones
11-27-3
20
Sam S. Willaman
1922-1925
Iowa State Cyclones
14-15-3
21
Maurice A. Kent
1921
Iowa State Cyclones
4-4
22
Norman Paine
1920
Iowa State Cyclones
4-4

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More Iowa State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,584

Becht

Rocco Becht

RUSH

950

Hansen

Carson Hansen

REC

526

Eskildsen

Brett Eskildsen
Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

78th

OPP PPG

20.2

28th

RUSH YDS/G

174.5

55th

PASS YDS/G

221.4

93rd

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
5
Arizona Arizona
6-3
9-4
6
Arizona State Arizona State
6-3
8-5
7
Iowa State Iowa State
5-4
8-4
8
Kansas State Kansas State
5-4
6-6
9
TCU TCU
5-4
9-4
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/5
SEMO SEMO
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Sat
9/12
ISU ISU
@
IOWA IOWA
1:00 PM
Sat
9/19
BGSU BGSU
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Sat
9/26
UTAH UTAH
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/3
WVU WVU
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Last Game
ISU Iowa State

8 - 4

20

Final

13

OKST Oklahoma State

1 - 11

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

Darian Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Trinidad Chambliss
Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

Cam Cook

1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Kewan Lacy
Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,278

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young
Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

34

Mensah

Darian Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker
Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

24

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums
Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Cooper

Omar Cooper Jr.
QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Diego Pavia
Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

David Bailey

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

12.5

Smith

Anthony Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings
North Texas

45.1

Notre Dame

42.0

Indiana

41.6

Utah

41.3

South Florida

40.5

Tennessee

39.8
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

9.3

Indiana

11.7

Texas Tech

11.8

Toledo

13.3

Miami

14.8

San Diego State

15.4
Total Yards Rankings
North Texas

512.4

Ole Miss

489.7

South Florida

488.7

Utah

482.9

Texas State

472.8

Florida State

472.1
Rush Yards Rankings
Navy

285.6

Utah

266.3

Air Force

261.4

Army

254.9

Jacksonville State

246.7

JMU

241.5
Pass Yards Rankings
Florida Atlantic

340.2

North Texas

318.0

Ole Miss

313.3

Baylor

309.6

USC

296.0

Tennessee

292.8
Sack Leaders
Miami

50.0

Indiana

46.0

Oklahoma

45.0

Western Michigan

43.0

Texas A&M

43.0

Texas

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Duke Duke
9
5
.643
2
Virginia Virginia
11
3
.786
3
Miami Miami
13
2
.867
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
8
5
.615
5
SMU SMU
9
4
.692
6
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
9
4
.692
7
California California
7
6
.538
8
Clemson Clemson
7
6
.538
9
NC State NC State
8
5
.615
10
Louisville Louisville
9
4
.692
11
Wake Forest Wake Forest
9
4
.692
12
Stanford Stanford
4
8
.333
13
Florida State Florida State
5
7
.417
14
North Carolina North Carolina
4
8
.333
15
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
9
.250
16
Boston College Boston College
2
10
.167
17
Syracuse Syracuse
3
9
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
2
.857
2
Alabama Alabama
11
4
.733
3
Ole Miss Ole Miss
13
2
.867
4
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
2
.846
5
Texas Texas
10
3
.769
6
Oklahoma Oklahoma
10
3
.769
7
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
10
3
.769
8
Missouri Missouri
8
5
.615
9
Tennessee Tennessee
8
5
.615
10
LSU LSU
7
6
.538
11
Kentucky Kentucky
5
7
.417
12
Florida Florida
4
8
.333
13
Auburn Auburn
5
7
.417
14
Mississippi State Mississippi State
5
8
.385
15
South Carolina South Carolina
4
8
.333
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
10
.167
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
15
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
12
2
.857
3
Oregon Oregon
13
2
.867
4
Michigan Michigan
9
4
.692
5
USC USC
9
4
.692
6
Iowa Iowa
9
4
.692
7
Illinois Illinois
9
4
.692
8
Minnesota Minnesota
8
5
.615
9
Washington Washington
9
4
.692
10
Nebraska Nebraska
7
6
.538
11
Northwestern Northwestern
7
6
.538
12
Penn State Penn State
7
6
.538
13
UCLA UCLA
3
9
.250
14
Rutgers Rutgers
5
7
.417
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
8
.333
16
Maryland Maryland
4
8
.333
17
Michigan State Michigan State
4
8
.333
18
Purdue Purdue
2
10
.167
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
10
4
.714
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
4
.692
3
San Diego State San Diego State
9
4
.692
4
Boise State Boise State
9
5
.643
5
Fresno State Fresno State
9
4
.692
6
Hawaii Hawaii
9
4
.692
7
Utah State Utah State
6
7
.462
8
Air Force Air Force
4
8
.333
9
Wyoming Wyoming
4
8
.333
10
Nevada Nevada
3
9
.250
11
San José State San José State
3
9
.250
12
Colorado State Colorado State
2
10
.167
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
11
3
.786
3
Navy Navy
11
2
.846
4
South Florida South Florida
9
4
.692
5
East Carolina East Carolina
9
4
.692
6
Memphis Memphis
8
5
.615
7
Army Army
7
6
.538
8
UTSA UTSA
7
6
.538
9
Temple Temple
5
7
.417
10
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
8
.333
11
Rice Rice
5
8
.385
12
UAB UAB
4
8
.333
13
Tulsa Tulsa
4
8
.333
14
Charlotte Charlotte
1
11
.083
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
2
.857
2
BYU BYU
12
2
.857
3
Utah Utah
11
2
.846
4
Houston Houston
10
3
.769
5
Arizona Arizona
9
4
.692
6
Arizona State Arizona State
8
5
.615
7
Iowa State Iowa State
8
4
.667
8
Kansas State Kansas State
6
6
.500
9
TCU TCU
9
4
.692
10
Cincinnati Cincinnati
7
6
.538
11
Baylor Baylor
5
7
.417
12
Kansas Kansas
5
7
.417
13
UCF UCF
5
7
.417
14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
8
.333
15
Colorado Colorado
3
9
.250
16
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
11
.083
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
7
6
.538
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
10
4
.714
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
7
.500
3
Ohio Ohio
9
4
.692
4
Toledo Toledo
8
5
.615
5
Central Michigan Central Michigan
7
6
.538
6
Akron Akron
5
7
.417
7
Buffalo Buffalo
5
7
.417
8
Kent State Kent State
5
7
.417
9
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
8
.333
10
Ball State Ball State
4
8
.333
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
4
8
.333
12
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
3
9
.250
13
UMass UMass
0
12
.000
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
2
.857
2
Troy Troy
8
6
.571
3
Old Dominion Old Dominion
10
3
.769
4
Southern Miss Southern Miss
7
6
.538
5
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
6
7
.462
6
Louisiana Louisiana
6
7
.462
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
7
6
.538
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
7
6
.538
9
Marshall Marshall
5
7
.417
10
Texas State Texas State
7
6
.538
11
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
8
.385
12
South Alabama South Alabama
4
8
.333
13
Georgia State Georgia State
1
11
.083
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
3
9
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
4
.714
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
3
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
9
4
.692
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
8
5
.615
5
Missouri State Missouri State
7
6
.538
6
FIU FIU
7
6
.538
7
Delaware Delaware
7
6
.538
8
Liberty Liberty
4
8
.333
9
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
9
.250
10
New Mexico State New Mexico State
4
8
.333
11
UTEP UTEP
2
10
.167
12
Sam Houston Sam Houston
2
10
.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/15
MICH MICH
@
NW NW
24-22
Sat
11/15
USF USF
@
NAVY NAVY
38-41
Sat
11/15
SC SC
@
TAMU TAMU
30-31
Sat
11/15
UTEP UTEP
@
MOST MOST
24-38
Sat
11/15
MTSU MTSU
@
WKU WKU
26-42

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
12:00 PM
Sat
8/29
MEM MEM
@
UNLV UNLV
1:00 PM
Sat
8/29
HAW HAW
@
STAN STAN
1:00 PM
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
1:00 PM
Sat
8/29
NMSU NMSU
@
FSU FSU
1:00 PM