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 ...

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

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

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

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

Franklin met with the media in State College and shared his thoughts on Ja'Juan Seider leaving and the Jim Knowles hire.

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 position ...

In a new interview, Penn State's defensive coordinator says he's going to build the No. 1 defense with the Nittany Lions.

In Audrey Snyder's latest for The Athletic, she revealed that Penn State had its eyes on Knowles since maybe even before he left Oklahoma State for Columbus. Franklin had him as a potential candidate ...

Penn State made the hiring of new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles official on Monday. Here's what each had to say about the move ...