Penn State’s first-year DC directed a championship defense at Ohio State last season. His 2021 Oklahoma State defense put up ...

Knowles could have stayed at Ohio State and signed a new contract. Oklahoma reportedly tried to pry him away from Columbus.

Jim Knowles' defense is not static and is certainly malleable to suggestions, but even a veteran coach has a breaking point ...

Tuesday morning Penn State introduced new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, a seasoned coach James Franklin lured away from ...

The talent won’t necessarily be the same. Penn State’s 2025 defense isn’t going to be identical to Jim Knowles’ 2024 defense ...

Jim Knowles has established himself as one of the top def͏ensive minds in college f͏ootball. Over the past four seasons, his defense at Oklahoma State and Ohio ͏State͏ ͏ranked first in total ...

Specifically, new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles will be getting to welcome ... Eachus was an assistant under Knowles at Oklahoma State and Zdebski was a quality control analyst at Ohio State ...

Jim Knowles landed at Penn State less than a week ... Knowles could have stayed at Ohio State and signed a new contract. Oklahoma reportedly tried to pry him away from Columbus.

He reportedly had offers from Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Knowles pointed to two things, the opportunity to help lift the program over the hump, and a culture already established under James Franklin.

Penn State football has added two new analysts to James Franklin’s support staff. Both have ties to new defensive coordinator ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jim Knowles arrives as the nation’s highest ... first at Cornell (his alma mater), then at Ole Miss, Duke, Oklahoma State and finally as a national champion DC coordinating ...