Penn State's 53-day coaching search, which looked lost after Kalani Sitake stuck with BYU at the last minute, might find a soft landing after all. A source confirmed that Iowa State's Matt Campbell has emerged as the latest candidate in Penn State's winding pursuit to replace James Franklin.

The past few weeks have been incredibly tough for Penn State's football team, but it sounds like the school's coaching search is nearing an end. Immediately after Penn State fired James Franklin, most analysts assumed Matt Rhule would be the perfect fit for the program.

With Penn State seeing a number of potential coaching candidates come off the list in the last few days, it's time to hit reset on the hot board.

The coaching search is now in its 53rd day, with plenty of big-name targets for Penn State cashing in on extensions at their original schools rather than leaving. Sitake was the latest, but Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, Nebraska’s Matt Rhule, Texas A&M’s Mike Elko and Louisville’s Jeff Brohm all took more money to stay in place.

Tuesday was the most dramatic day of the Penn State coaching search, as their pursuit of BYU coach Kalani Sitake seemed to be completed, only for BYU's donors to rally and lock Sitake into an extension in Provo.

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Penn State fired James Franklin nearly two months ago but is still searching for its next head coach. College football expert Todd McShay believes that super agent Jimmy Sexton is part of the reason for the delay.

While DeBoer drew scrutiny at times throughout the first two years of his Alabama tenure, he has the program back on track to compete for championships and would have to halt his positive momentum to take another job. Arguing that Penn State is a more premier destination than Alabama in the first place also takes some twisting of reality.

Two days before the SEC championship game, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer essentially said that he will not become Penn State's next head coach. During a media availability Thursday, DeBoer was asked for the first time about being linked to the Penn State job.