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

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

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

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

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

STATE COLLEGE − James Franklin got the phone call at 5:40 a.m., two days after the national championship game. It was about Jim Knowles, Ohio State's multimillion-dollar defensive coordinator.

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

It was a long time coming, but James Franklin got his guy ... It may have seemed strange that Penn State was able to land Jim Knowles very soon after Ohio State won the College Football Playoff ...

Knowles said. Knowles also praised Penn State coach James Franklin for building "a real defensive culture" within the program. Penn State has had highly ranked defenses for nearly a decade under ...

After Penn State football added Jim Knowles, the defensive coordinator comments on what his aspirations are with the team.

Jim Knowles’ first press conference as Penn State’s defensive coordinator is in the books, PSU fans. It was a very, very ...

According to Knowles' new boss, Nittany Lion head coach James Franklin, the defensive coordinator planned to join his players and participate in the Scarlet and Gray's celebration. "I will say ...