Jim Knowles did not attend Ohio State football's championship celebration before leaving for Penn State. One Big Ten coach ...

Penn State's James Franklin explained, for the first time, of hiring away top defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Ohio ...

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

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

Knowles had options, and Penn State had to open up the checkbook to get the well-regarded coach to Happy Valley.

This would be yet another major hire for Ryan Day and Ohio State to replace Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator.

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Ohio State is still searching for a replacement for Jim Knowles as the team’s next defensive coordinator, and now a former ...

For the second season in a row and the third time in four seasons, Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin was ...

Penn State made one of the biggest hires of the offseason, poaching away Jim Knowles from Ohio State. Knowles was the ...

Franklin met with the media in State College and shared his thoughts on Ja'Juan Seider leaving and the Jim Knowles hire.

Ohio State is searching for a new defensive coordinator after Jim Knowles left for the same position at Penn State, and one ...