The Nittany Lions reached the College Football Playoff semifinals for the ... Franklin hired away Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles less than one week after he won a national title ...

Just a few days after the Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff national championship, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles accepted a new DC position with the Big Ten-rival Penn State ...

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

they still have to recover from their College Football Playoff loss against Notre Dame in the semifinals. Part of recovering was the Penn State football team hiring Jim Knowles to be their ...

STATE COLLEGE | So why did Jim Knowles leave Ohio State for Penn ... reached the College Football Playoff semifinals and fell 1-2 defensive stops short of the title game. His assignment is to ...

Jim Knowles is all in on Penn State’s national ... The Nittany Lions, fresh off three straight 10-win seasons and their first College Football Playoff appearance in 2024, believe Knowles can ...

Jim Knowles ... about Knowles' departure from Ohio State Penn State has money to spend, and isn't afraid to show it. They made Knowles the highest-paid assistant coach in college football with ...

Jim Knowles ... per game. Knowles signed a three-year deal averaging $3.1 million per season with Penn State, making him the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football, ESPN's Pete ...

Big Ten writers Max Olson, Adam Rittenberg, Jake Trotter and Paolo Uggetti look at the players -- old and new -- and coaches ...

As we gear up for the 2025 college football season, the excitement is building — even if we still have six months until ...

Ryan Day gives Jim Knowles a shoutout at Ohio State ... his best teams following a 13-3 season and a trip to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Franklin said that the financial commitment ...

Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other ... [email protected] and follow him on X at @Jake_Trotter. Jim Knowles said that growing up in Philadelphia he "dreamed" of being ...