Naturally, head coaching hires dominate the conversation around the coaching carousel every year. Head coaches are, obviously ...

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

Here we are, more than two months removed from the end of Penn State football’s impressive run to the college football ...

New Penn State football defensive leader Jim Knowles has only been on the job for a week. The 59-year-old Philadelphia native − the man regarded as arguably the best in the nation at what he ...

Jim Knowles wanted out of Ohio State ... We don’t know if Knowles was running specifically to Penn State – the school announced Monday morning the former OSU defensive coordinator was taking ...

Two weeks ago, Jim Knowles was basking in the afterglow ... and No. 7 in total defense (294.8 yards per game). On Tuesday, Knowles acknowledged that Penn State has infrastructure in place, both ...

Ohio State has lost its defensive coordinator to a Big Ten rival. Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator. According to multiple reports, Knowles reached ...

Penn State pulled off a big move in the coaching world by hiring Jim Knowles away from national champion Ohio State to be its new defensive coordinator. A national championship-winning assistant ...

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 ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has lured Jim Knowles away from Ohio State. The Nittany Lions hired Knowles on Monday to serve as their defensive coordinator. Knowles held the same position ...

Penn State football fans who have followed the ... Yet the Nittany Lions recently made defensive coordinator Jim Knowles the nation's highest-paid assistant, stamping their position in the ...