Skip Brabenec

Biography

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Greg "Skip" Brabenec enters his first season as Penn State Football's chief of staff. Brabenec serves as the direct line of communication to the athletics administration and is in charge of all staff processes, including schedule, budget, team travel and daily schedules. He was also the main contact for all activities inside the Lasch Football Building. He spent 10 seasons (2016-25) at Iowa State, spending his first five years as director of football operations. He was promoted to Assistant AD for Football/Chief of Staff prior to the 2021 season. He was director of football operations on Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell’s staff at Toledo from 2014-15. Brabenec witnessed incredible improvement during his time in Ames. The Cyclones qualified for bowl games in eight of the 10 seasons, regularly appeared in the national rankings and totaled eight of ISU’s 10 above-.500 conference seasons in the history of the Big 12 Conference (1996-present) since 2017. In 2025, his final season at ISU, the Cyclones went 8-4 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 Conference action. Brabenec played a vital role in the planning of Iowa State's trip to the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland where the Cyclones defeated No. 17 Kansas State in college football's first game of the season. The Cyclones defeated Iowa for the third time in four seasons as it started the campaign 5-0 for the second time in as many seasons. The 2024 Cyclones recorded the greatest season in sc