Franklin had talked to Knowles in December 2021 shortly after defensive coordinator Brent Pry, one of his longtime assistants ...

Penn State's James Franklin and Jim Knowles previously had discussed a job at Penn State. An early morning call two days ...

Coming off an Orange Bowl appearance and Big Ten title runners-up season, Penn State is still adjusting to fix the defense ...

The Big Ten has knocked the SEC off college football's summit the past two years. In an early look at 2025, Kirk Bohls likes ...

James Franklin has picked up his first win over ... who lasted two seasons before getting the head coach job at Duke. Tom Allen spent the 2024 season with the Lions before taking the same job ...

Knowles held the same position with the national champion Buckeyes for three years.Knowles replaces Tom Allen, who left to take the same ... A.J. Harris will return.Penn State head coach James ...

James Franklin knew he had work to do. Franklin, though, didn’t realize then that he’d be spending the next two weeks or so looking for a new defensive coordinator after Tom Allen left to take ...

After losing defensive coordinator Tom Allen to the Clemson Tigers, Penn State coach James Franklin needed to find a ...

Former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is reportedly headed to Penn State to serve in the same role, and Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin ... departure of Tom Allen, who ...

Penn State football reportedly will make former Ohio State Buckeye Jim Knowles the highest-paid assistant coach in the nation.

Penn State came up short against Notre Dame in a CFP semifinal game at the Orange Bowl, but it was coach James Franklin's ...

“This guy,” Swinney said Wednesday, grinning toward Tom Allen, the former Indiana head ... appreciative he was of Penn State and coach James Franklin, who hired him as their defensive ...