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

According to CBS Sports' John Talty, Penn State is close to finalizing a potential championship puzzle – which might come ...

At that point in January, they found out defensive coordinator Tom Allen was leaving for Clemson and that James Franklin would ... game to inform him that Jim Knowles was open to discussing ...

Penn State’s ability to pry Jim Knowles, perhaps the country’s ... champion Ohio State signaled the all-in mindset coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions have for 2025.

STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles had been on James Franklin’s wish list as a potential Penn State defensive coordinator since at least 2021. But not until after Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame ...

While football Saturdays remain vacant, a couple of ancillary offshoots help fill the air. The post Pressure Mounts on Jim ...

STATE COLLEGE − James Franklin got the phone call at 5:40 a.m., two days after the national championship game. It was about Jim Knowles, Ohio State's multimillion-dollar defensive coordinator.

Penn State wasted no time hiring Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator, coach James Franklin said Tuesday. The process unfolded “pretty quickly” due to past conversations with Knowles when the ...

James Franklin said he got a call at about 5:40 a.m. two days after Ohio State won the national championship. He said he hadn’t even been in contact with Jim Knowles' agent to that point ...