James Franklin's off-season media availability became slightly heated when asked how the Jim Knowles hire went down ...

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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Michigan football fans didn't exactly have a reason to fear former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who improved ...

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In Audrey Snyder's latest for The Athletic, she revealed that Penn State had its eyes on Knowles since maybe even before he left Oklahoma State for Columbus. Franklin had him as a potential candidate ...

This came out of left field. In the wake of Ryan Day promoting Brian Hartline and Keenan Bailey from within to be Ohio ...