STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles carried a pen and paper as he surveyed the field inside Holuba Hall. Unlike his two immediate predecessors as Penn State defensive coordinator, Knowles quietly went ...

Jim Knowles didn’t get much of a break after helping Ohio State win a national championship in January. Just days later, he was introduced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator ...

Jim Knowles does not always behave like most college ... Penn State has successfully developed players out of high school and managed to keep them despite the allure of the portal.

But new defensive play caller Jim Knowles has made a career out of using versatile defenders, and with another deep group of corners and safeties in Happy Valley for 2025, there’s plenty of ...

Jim Knowles does not always behave like most college football ... in modern college football — Penn State has successfully developed players out of high school and managed to keep them despite the ...

STATE COLLEGE — Jim Knowles has taken an extremely passive approach to his first spring practices at Penn State. He paces between stations, stands far away from drills and bends at the waist ...