Tom Allen did a commendable job during his only season as Penn State’s defensive coordinator. The Nittany Lions finished No.

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

Most of the defensive coordinators throughout the James Franklin era at Penn State have called plays from field level on game day. Bob Shoop was one exception. And then, Tom Allen became the second ...

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

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

Even though Penn State just recently landed Jim Knowles this offseason, James Franklin had his eyes set on the former Ohio ...

Penn State has made a massive splash by hiring Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to take the same job with the Nittany Lions. He replaces Tom Allen, who left PSU to become Clemson ...

Since then, Penn State has replaced defensive coordinator Tom Allen by hiring Jim Knowles away from Ohio State, hired Stan ...

Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator ... Penn State had an opening because ...

Franklin had talked to Knowles in December 2021 shortly after defensive coordinator Brent Pry, one of his longtime assistants, left Penn State to become head coach at Virginia Tech. Knowles wound up ...

Knowles replaces Tom Allen, who left to take the same job with ... Penn State head coach James Franklin called Knowles “a strong strategist and excellent defensive mind.” ...

Jim Knowles celebrates after Ohio State’s national ... SMU and Boise State in the first two rounds. Knowles replaces Tom Allen, the former Indiana head coach who left Penn State after one ...