New Iowa State AD Jared Benko: “Our best days are still ahead of us”

Cyclone Fanatic · Oct 19, 2026

Iowa State’s new athletics director, Jared Benko, talks with Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark (left) and Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger before his introductory press conference at the Sukup End Zone Club at Jack Trice Stadium on Oct. 19, 2026, in Ames, Iowa. (Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune/USA TODAY Network)

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AMES — Jared Benko squinted under the intense Georgia sun, sweat soaking through his work…