Franklin and Knowles previously had discussed a job at Penn State. An early morning call two days after Ohio State's national ...

In a new interview, Penn State's defensive coordinator says he's going to build the No. 1 defense with the Nittany Lions.

For Bob Lister, growing up included rafts in a pond, a tree house up high, bicycles, eating bugs, and then onto other ...

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

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

Jim Knowles grew up in Philadelphia with an affinity ... it was to have strong defenses at Penn State. Whether it was Brent Pry, Manny Diaz or Tom Allen, the Nittany Lions’ success on defense ...

Jim Knowles landed at Penn State less than a week ... Oklahoma reportedly tried to pry him away from Columbus. Notre Dame, after losing Al Golden to the NFL, had interest. But Penn State won ...

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

In his first interview since becoming Penn State's defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles outlined not only ... defenses for nearly a decade under Brent Pry, Manny Diaz and Tom Allen.

It has raided its top Big Ten rival, the recently-crowned national champion Ohio State Buckeyes, to find the latest architect of its defense, Jim Knowles — and make ... over for longtime coordinator ...