During Penn State’s 26-game stretch from 2022 through 2023 when the Nittany Lions won 21 games, Manny Diaz ran the team’s ...

Penn State made Jim Knowles the nation's highest-paid assistant coach in January. What's his early impact on the defense, the ...

Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day stopped by 97.1 The Fan to talk about the QB battle, coaching and roster changes, the Michigan loss and run to the championship.

When Jim Knowles left Ohio State to join Penn State a week after the Buckeyes won the national championship, Ryan Day took his time in searching for a replacement defensive coordinator.

Jim Knowles has a reputation for building elite defenses. He did it at Ohio State a year ago during the Buckeyes’ run to a ...

Matt Outten is hard to miss, a 212-pound freshman whose power and explosiveness impressed the staff as a recruit. Franklin ...

Part of that was because of former defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ defense ... success against the pass even without Knowles. “It’s Ohio State’s defense, a collaborative effort of ...

New Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is just getting started in State College. Knowles, who directed the elite defense of national champion Ohio State last season, is in his first year ...

I’ve been very impressed with how it’s gone so far." Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles speaks to the media following during the first spring practice the Buckeyes at the Woody Hayes ...

Knowles has been uniquely quiet, studious and ever-confident. The man who just led Ohio State's nation's-best defense to a College Football Playoff championship. “Jim is a man of few words.