Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell has been named to the American Heart Association’s 2024 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award watch list, a list of current coaches in consideration for the annual top honor.

The award, given each January to a college football coach, recognizes contributions that make the sport better for athletes and fans alike by demonstrating grit, integrity and a winning approach to coaching and life – both on and off the field.

Led by Campbell, No. 9 Iowa State is off to its first 6-0 start since 1938 and are bowl eligible for the seventh time in nine seasons. The Cyclones are 3-0 in Big 12 play for the second time under Campbell and the first time since 2020.

With 59 wins at ISU, Campbell passed Dan McCarney to become Iowa State’s winningest head coach this season.

Now in its 39th year, the Coach of the Year award winner will be announced live from Houston’s Post Oak Hotel on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, during an awards ceremony presented by Marathon Oil. The National Sports Media Association, the Bryant Awards’ Executive Leadership Team and the Bryant Family voted on the watch list, finalists and Coach of the Year recipient.

Iowa State hosts UCF inside Jack Trice Stadium at 6:30 p.m. (CT) on FS1.