Penn State came just one game shy of making the College Football Playoff national championship, only to watch their Big Ten ...

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

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

Penn State’s first-year DC directed a championship defense at Ohio State last season. His 2021 Oklahoma State defense put up ...

Knowles could have stayed at Ohio State and signed a new contract. Oklahoma reportedly tried to pry him away from Columbus.

Penn State is adding two new analysts to its football staff to help support the coaching staff. Specifically, new defensive ...

The Nittany Lions' new defensive coordinator opened up about leaving Ohio State for Penn State after winning a national ...

Jim Knowles arrives as the nation’s highest paid assistant coach at $9.3 million — $3.1 annually for three years — but he was ...

Knowles won a national title as Ohio State's defensive coordinator last month. He is happy to relocate to a program he ...

STATE COLLEGE | So why did Jim Knowles leave Ohio State for Penn State, less than a week after helping the Buckeyes win the national championship? Knowles told a few nice stories about watching Penn ...

Knowles was introduced as Penn State's defensive coordinator on Tuesday, one week after he left Ohio State to take the job.

He established himself as one of the game’s best defensive minds during eight years at Duke and four at Oklahoma State before ...