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

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 championship began the process.

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

STATE COLLEGE | So why did Jim Knowles leave Ohio State for Penn State, less than a week after helping the Buckeyes win the national championship? Knowles told a few nice stories about watching Penn ...

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

New defensive coordinator Jim Knowles met the Penn State football media for the first time. Here's what we learned ...

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

Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator. According to multiple reports, Knowles reached a three-year contract with an average annual salary of $3.1 million.

In his first address to Nittany Lions players after being officially named their new defensive coordinator on Monday, Knowles spoke of the role Penn State football had in his childhood growing up ...

Knowles led the nation’s No.1 defense in ... football (a reported $3.1 million annually) – it also weakens Penn State’s Big Ten rival. But before we go further, let’s not undersell ...

Jim Knowles, Penn State’s new defensive coordinator, said Tuesday he isn’t looking to reset the program’s culture, but to be a part of it. “Coach (James) Franklin has built a culture here ...