Matt Campbell confirmed in his introductory press conference that his former director of player personnel at Iowa State, Derek Hoodjer, was following him to Penn State to be on his first coaching staff.

That move is now official, as Hoodjer’s name has popped up in the Penn State directory . He is the new Nittany Lions general manager.

Hoodjer led Iowa State’s scouting and recruiting efforts, handling contracts and financial dealings behind the scenes.

“The reality is, we’re really lucky. Derek is one of the absolute bright minds in all of football and is already here with us and started that,” Campbell said this week . “We have to build out the greatest team underneath Derek that we possibly can. Not only a coaching staff, but certainly, player acquisition staff that we can find.

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