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

Ohio State has lost its defensive coordinator to a Big Ten rival. Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator. According to multiple reports, Knowles reached ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In the days after the Orange Bowl, Penn State’s players gathered on campus for a team meeting. At that ...

STATE COLLEGE – Why Penn State? Why now? That was the question asked of new PSU defensive coordinator Jim Knowles late in his introductory press conference on Tuesday afternoon at Pegula Ice Arena. It ...

Knowles, a Philadelphia native, has fond memories of Penn State football from his childhood and is eager to contribute to the program's legacy. New Penn State football defensive leader Jim Knowles has ...

For Penn State and coach James Franklin, it’s a coup to add Knowles to an already strong defensive coaching staff and to take him away from Ohio State, the conference’s gold standard, which has beaten ...

In the offseason after winning the national title, the Ohio State Buckeyes lost their top two assistant coaches in offensive ...

Jim Knowles made a move few have in the course ... coordinator had at least one big reason to go from Ohio State to Penn State — a reported three million per year, to be more specific ...

Knowles had options, and Penn State had to open up the checkbook to get the well-regarded coach to Happy Valley.

Naturally, there were questions about why new Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles did that when he left Ohio State ...