Ryan Day is seeing one recruiting win after another. He’s sitting comfortably in the No. 3 spot in the 2026 class, with a ...

Penn State football completed its statement move Monday, announcing Jim Knowles as its new defensive coordinator. Knowles, 59, spent the past three seasons at Ohio State, where he guided the ...

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 ...

It’s a new era of elite defenses at Penn State. James Franklin’s defense is going to be practically unbreakable, with new DC Jim Knowles in charge. He came to the program after leading OSU to ...

Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jim Knowles Settling in Quickly With the Nittany Lions STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when ...

Even a few months later, it is still shocking that former Ohio State Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left for the Big Ten rival Penn State Nittany Lions right after winning a national ...

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 ...

Jim Knowles wanted out of Ohio State. Before saying, “Duh, no kidding,” realize there are two ways to see the reasoning behind any job exit. 1. Running to something 2. Running from something.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — When Jim Knowles and David Cutcliffe navigated the Northeast, there was no telling how wide-ranging their conversations would be. Time spent in the car on recruiting trips ...

Jim Knowles coming back to Oklahoma would be outstanding. And I’m not even talking in terms of football. Knowles, who spent four years as the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State before ...

In the case of new defensive coordinator hire Jim Knowles, one of those non-negotiables would have been running a 4-3 or 4-2-5 base defense similar to that of Brent Pry, Manny Diaz and Tom Allen ...

Styles hasn’t been perfect in his first four games as a linebacker. But because Jim Knowles believes in who Styles is as a player and person, the defensive coordinator places any mistakes the ...