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

Former Oklahoma State Cowboys defensive coordinator Jim Knowles (center) enjoys a cigar and talks on the phone after defeating the Miami Hurricanes to win the Cheez-It Bowl Game at Camping World ...

New information suggests Jim Knowles had been on James Franklin's ... had its eyes on Knowles since maybe even before he left Oklahoma State for Columbus. Franklin had him as a potential candidate ...

First up, Jim Knowles isn’t walking through that door. Knowles was Venables’ first choice after the great things he did at Oklahoma State and the national championship he fueled at Ohio State ...

Penn State's James Franklin explained, for the first time, of hiring away top defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Ohio ...

Jim Knowles was the defensive coordinator the ... game’s best defensive minds during eight years at Duke and four at Oklahoma State before Ohio State hired him for the 2022 season.

Knowles spent eight years at Duke, four at Oklahoma State and three at Ohio State before joining James Franklin's Penn State football staff. The Franklin-Knowles relationship sounded solid ...

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 ...

It's one reason why Franklin hired away Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles less ... and a new challenge pushed Knowles to consider opportunities at Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Penn State.

He’s coordinated defenses at Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Duke. Knowles has lived a fascinating and fruitful ... This could be the difference-maker for head coach James Franklin, whose record at ...

Jim Knowles said that growing up in Philadelphia ... was the defensive coordinator for Duke from 2010-17 and Oklahoma State from 2018-21 before joining the Buckeyes in 2022. He turned down ...