Paul Rhoads said Monday that he was "disappointed" he was fired as Iowa State's head coach over the weekend after the Cyclones suffered a 38-35 loss at Kansas State.
But Rhoads added he wasn't surprised, either.
“It’s a bottom-line business, and everybody in this profession ... knows that and we accept it openly when we get into it," said Rhoads, who will coach Iowa State's final game Saturday against West Virginia. “We’re disappointed. We’ve accomplished a lot here at Iowa State in our seven years and we’ve got a good young team with a great nucleus of talent and leadership, and we were looking forward to the opportunity to coach them as we headed into 2016.