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 ...

Oh, this is something... With the Ohio State Buckeyes still needing to replace Jim Knowles at defensive coordinator, Ryan Day apparently had his eyes set on som ...

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

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

It was a sudden offer from Ohio State that led Auburn to give defensive coordinator DJ Durkin a contract extension, a report ...

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

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 ...

Knowles was introduced as Penn State's defensive coordinator on Tuesday, one week after he left Ohio State to take the job.

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

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

At the top of the list? Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry. Brent was joined alongside Troy Taylor (Stanford), Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati), Brett Brennan (Arizona), Mike Locksley (Maryland ...

Siefkes and Pry were not acquainted before the search ... Moreover, when Penn State lost Allen, it lured away Jim Knowles from 2024 national champion Ohio State for $3.1 million annually.