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 ...

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers did a phenomenal job when they landed former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen.

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

Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator. According to multiple reports, Knowles ...

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

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 ...

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.

Naturally, there were questions about why new Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles did that when he left Ohio State to join the Nittany Lions in January. Tuesday afternoon at his introductory ...

After losing defensive coordinator Tom Allen to the Clemson Tigers ... It’s safe to say he accomplished that goal. Ohio State DC Jim Knowles helped make the Buckeyes defense one of the best ...

Welcome to the grind of brutal losses and soul searching, Penn State. No team avoids it on the road to the national title.