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Ames Tribune: TCU’s Gary Patterson, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy show the way for program building

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Ames Tribune: TCU’s Gary Patterson, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy show the way for program building

By Dylan Montz / Staff Writer / dmontz@amestrib.com

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Listen to a football coach talk for even a few minutes, and the word that comes up as much, and probably more, than any other is culture. It’s a catch-all buzzword that is used synonymously with foundation and identity as coaches build programs.

Four head coaches entered the Big 12 Conference ranks this offseason — Les Miles (Kansas), Chris Klieman (Kansas State), Matt Wells (Texas Tech) and Neal Brown (West Virginia) — which put Iowa State’s Matt Campbell as the third longest tenured coach in the league.

“If you’re coming into this league as four new people are this year, it’s a daunting task to try and find wins,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. “These four new coaches are all excellent veteran, seasoned coaches, but not surprisingly their teams are picked 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th in our league this year.”

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