Tapping into Knowles’ brilliance could be the difference between a top-10 unit and one that pushes Penn State to be the ...

James Franklin's off-season media availability became slightly heated when asked how the Jim Knowles hire went down ...

Jim Knowles did not attend Ohio State football's championship celebration before leaving for Penn State. One Big Ten coach ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In the days after the Orange Bowl, Penn State’s players gathered on campus for a team meeting. At that ...

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 ...

Franklin and Knowles previously had discussed a job at Penn State. An early morning call two days after Ohio State's national championship began the process.

Knowles had options, and Penn State had to open up the checkbook to get the well-regarded coach to Happy Valley.

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.

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

Sports includes James Franklin among the most likely coaches to be the next first-time national championship winner.