By Neil Rudel For the Sentinel Terry Smith’s tenure as the Nittany Lions’ interim coach has been “the greatest seven weeks of my coaching career,” and he hopes it can end with a victory over Clemson in the Dec. 27 Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. “The opportunity to represent my ...
STATE COLLEGE (AP) — As he steadily built up Iowa State’s football program, Matt Campbell regularly turned down other head coaching gigs until his dream job came open. After a decade in Ames, the 46-year-old from Massillon, Ohio, couldn’t say no to the chance to take over one of college ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Big Ten play has arrived for the 8-1 Penn State men’s basketball team as the Nittany Lions are set to travel to Indiana for their conference opener Tuesday night. Tipoff from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is slated for 8:30 p.m. and the game will air nationally on FS1. FOLLOW ALONG TV: FS1 – Kevin Kugler (pxp) & Steve Smith (analyst) RADIO: Penn State Sports Network – Steve Jones (pxp) & Dick Jerardi (analyst) NATIONAL RADIO: SiriusXM Ch. 386 & SXM App Ch. 976 LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast GAME NOTES: Penn State Notes ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Matt Campbell’s background makes him appreciate football history. He grew up in Massillon, Ohio, home to one of the nation’s storied high school programs, and he played college football at Mount Union in Ohio, the most decorated Division III program of all time with 13 national titles. As a youngster, he spent considerable time visiting his grandparents and great-grandparents in Carmichaels, a small but tough coal town in southwestern PA. The patriarchs of the family and their work ethic left an impression on him, as did their favorite football team. He ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — It took Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft 54 days to find a new football coach. When the search finally ended, Kraft found one of the promising up-and-comers of the college football world in Iowa State’s Matt Campbell. “There will probably be a Netflix documentary at some point,” Kraft joked at Monday’s press conference while introducing Campbell. There was still good news for Penn State fans that wanted interim coach Terry Smith to be the next man. Only minutes after it was announced that the deal was done for Campbell to be the 17th head coach at ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – The introduction of new football coach Matt Campbell included an apology from Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft. A 35-minute audio recording of a meeting with players prior to the Nittany Lions’ game with Rutgers (Nov. 29) was leaked late last week. It was a not good look, or sound, from Kraft, who used profanity (F-bombs) throughout and disparaged many Big Ten members. “I'm embarrassed,” he said Monday. “I apologize to anyone that I may have offended with that video (actually audio). Personally, it's been challenging for me … I fell short of the ...
