AMES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock has retired, ending a coaching career after four-plus decades.
He on Tuesday.
Heacock, known for a 3-3-5 scheme with the Cyclones, was a finalist for the that recognizes college football’s top assistant coach in 2017 and was nominated for it from 2022-25.
He was a top assistant on Matt Campbell’s staff at Iowa State for 10 seasons and at Toledo for two seasons. earlier this month to lead Penn State’s program.
Heacock was 60-44 as coach at Youngstown State from 2001 to 2009, leading the second-tier college football program to the FCS semifinals in 2006 and earning conference coach of the year honors twice.
The 65-year-old Heacock, who is from Beloit, Ohio, started his coaching career in 1983 at Toledo as a graduate assistant. He later was a graduate assistant for the late Bo Schembechler at Michigan and defensive coordinator for Jim Tressel at Youngstown State.
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