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Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard gets extension through 2026

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AMES, IA - DECEMBER 10: Jamie Pollard Director of Athletics at Iowa State University, left celebrates with head coach Steve Prohm of the Iowa State Cyclones after the Cyclones defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 83-82 at Hilton Coliseum on December 10, 2015 in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State defeated Iowa 83-82. (Photo by David K Purdy/Getty Images)

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State extended athletic director Jamie Pollard’s contract through 2026 on Monday after a breakthrough football season.

The school said there is no scheduled salary increase. He was earning $757,000 when he announced temporary 10% pay cuts for coaches and some administrators to help offset a $25 million budget shortfall because of COVID-19.

Pollard, the athletic director since 2005, will be the nation’s fourth-longest serving Football Bowl Subdivision AD this fall behind Oklahoma’s Joe Castiglione, Kentucky’s Mitch Barnhart and Ohio State’s Gene Smith.

University President Wendy Wintersteen lauded Pollard for his “consistently steady and successful leadership over many years, especially during a worldwide pandemic that brought unprecedented challenges.”

Iowa State had its best football season in program history in 2020. The Cyclones played in the Big 12 championship game and beat Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl, and Pollard extended coach Matt Campbell’s contract through 2028.

“The administration’s support, led by President Wintersteen, has been instrumental to our program’s success,” Pollard said.

The department this spring will open the new $90 million Sports Performance Center, which is in addition to nearly $250 million in facilities upgrades under Pollard.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics named Pollard its 2019 athletic director of the year. He is in his second year of a five-year term on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee.