New Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is just getting started in State College. Knowles, who directed the elite ...

Matt Outten is hard to miss, a 212-pound freshman whose power and explosiveness impressed the staff as a recruit. Franklin ...

Jim Knowles doesn’t have to make immediate changes or a big flashy impact on his new employer right now, only 65 days on the ...

Two weeks ago, Jim Knowles was basking in the afterglow ... and installed him as the head of coach James Franklin's defense. Knowles, a Philadelphia native who has spoken of his admiration for ...

Ultimately, though, Knowles’ experience should help maximize Penn State’s defense no matter what schemes he runs. “Jim has been doing it long enough to understand we’ve got to get our best ...

New Penn State football defensive leader Jim Knowles has only been on the job ... of winning a national title and structuring the country's No. 1 defense. Mostly, he talked about an opportunity ...

and he moved closer to doing so this week when he lured Jim Knowles away from Ohio State with a record-breaking contract. Knowles orchestrated the top scoring and total defense this season in ...

With more than 30 years of college coaching experience, Jim Knowles joined the Oklahoma State coaching ... The 379.0 yards per game allowed by Knowles’ 2020 defense marked the fewest at Oklahoma State ...

Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has bunkered into his ... Penn State had the nation's No. 8 scoring defense last year, and Knowles recognized that it does not require an overhaul.