Penn State and Iowa State’s Matt Campbell have agreed to a deal to make the 46-year-old Ohio native the Nittany Lions next head football coach, according to multiple reports Friday night.

According to @One3Sports, the contract will be for eight years and the deal is pending board approval for the compensation.

Campbell has guided the Cyclones to a 72-55 record in 10 seasons, including 50-40 in the Big 12 and 8-4 this season.

The Nittany Lions and director of athletics Pat Kraft had a protracted search to replace James Franklin, who Kraft fired on Oct. 12 in the middle of his 12th season.

They pursued Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer, Texas A&M’s Mike Elko and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman and made BYU’s Kalani Sitake their top target earlier this week before Sitake decided to stay with the Cougars

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