Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard retiring after 22 years

Iowa State announced Friday, July 10, that longtime athletics director Jamie Pollard is stepping down. The school announced that Pollard, the longest-tenured athletics director in Iowa State history, is retiring after more than two decades, during which he became the nation’s longest-serving active Power Four athletics director. Pollard plans to retire on June 30, 2027, or sooner if Iowa State hires his replacement before then. “When we moved to Ames in 2005, we did not anticipate the impact being a Cyclone would have on our family,” Pollard said in a news release from the school. “The personal and professional opportunities…