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30 college football head coaches cooler than your coolest uncle

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy watches warm ups prior to 13 - 10 win over the Texas Longhorns on October 21, 2017 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. (Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy watches warm ups prior to 13 - 10 win over the Texas Longhorns on October 21, 2017 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. (Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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Memphis, TN – DECEMBER 30: Iowa State Cyclones coach Matt Campbell (right) talks with ESPN reporter Paul Carcaterra (left) during postgame of a NCAA college football game against the Memphis Tigers in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. Iowa State won 21-20. (Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Memphis, TN – DECEMBER 30: Iowa State Cyclones coach Matt Campbell (right) talks with ESPN reporter Paul Carcaterra (left) during postgame of a NCAA college football game against the Memphis Tigers in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. Iowa State won 21-20. (Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

What Matt Campbell was able to do with the Iowa State Cyclones last year was nothing short of miraculous. He took a program that was usually at or near the bottom of the Big 12 standings for the better part of the past five years and turned it into a contender for a conference title.

In fact, Iowa State knocked off the two best teams in the Big 12 last season in the Oklahoma Sooners and TCU Horned Frogs. If Iowa State had held on down the stretch, we might be talking about Campbell and the Clones in an even brighter light than we already are now.

The coolest thing that Campbell did with Iowa State since that huge 2017 campaign was actually staying with the program when he was one of the hottest names on the coaching market. There were a ton of high-profile job openings at the end of the regular season and on into the off-season, but Campbell decided to stay in Ames, IA.

Now, Iowa State enters the 2018 season as one of the better teams in the Big 12, looking to stay in contention for the conference title this year. Iowa State fans can directly thank Campbell for that turnaround since he came over from a job that he was already doing well in with the Toledo Rockets.

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