Penn State coach James Franklin wanted a linebacker and he got one with the help of a Hall of Fame coach. Franklin is good ...

It has been 130 days since grizzled defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left the newly-crowned champs of college football, Ohio ...

In Athlon Sports' College Football Preview magazine, an anonymous Big Ten coach praised the Nittany Lions' star-studded ...

STATE COLLEGE — It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when Penn State hired him to be defensive coordinator just three months ago. Then, Knowles was fresh ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when Penn State hired him to be defensive coordinator just three months ago. Then, Knowles was ...

The Nittany Lions enter this season with sky high expectations after reaching the national semifinals last season ...

The Nittany Lions’ head coach isn’t necessarily focused on whether the field expands to 16, or even how conference champs are ...

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 ...

The college football coaching carousel took an unusual turn this offseason when Jim Knowles departed defending champion Ohio State for Penn State in a lateral move to become the Nittany Lions ...

His cellphone rang. It was 5:06 a.m. Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles was calling about Penn State's open DC job. "To be honest with you," Franklin said, "I didn't know how serious it ...

Adding (receivers Trebor Pena, Devonte Ross and Kyron Hudson) was critical. "Penn State's most important offseason addition might be new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who helped guide Ohio State ...

It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when Penn State hired him to be defensive coordinator just three months ago. Then, Knowles was fresh off coaching Ohio ...