“Join me in welcoming Jim Knowles back to his home in the Commonwealth ... by signing a new multi-year contract with an increased salary — a deal that’s resulted in him turning down interest ...

The better than $3 million annual salary that Penn State is set to pay him makes Knowles the highest paid coordinator in college football. The post Jim Knowles believes Penn State is ‘so close ...

LSU lured Baker from Missouri with a three-year deal that pays $2.5 million annually, making him the highest-paid assistant in all college football until Jim Knowles reset the market this offseason.

Yet the Nittany Lions recently made defensive coordinator Jim Knowles the nation's highest-paid assistant, stamping their position in the financial hierarchy of college football. Pat Kraft ...

After hiring offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki last year, the Nittany Lions poached defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Ohio ... The rumored salary of more than $3 million might simply ...

As Jim Knowles takes over as Penn State’s defensive coordinator, how he will use his schemes and philosophies is among the most intriguing questions for next season. In particular, linebacker ...

Two weeks ago, Jim Knowles was basking in the afterglow of an Ohio State national championship in Atlanta. On Tuesday, he was sitting in the media room at Pegula Ice Arena in central Pennsylvania ...

Sources: Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is finalizing a three-year deal to become the new defensive coordinator at Penn State. It averages $3.1 million over three years.

Penn State wasted no time hiring Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator, coach James Franklin said Tuesday. The process unfolded “pretty quickly” due to past conversations with Knowles when the ...

New Penn State football defensive leader Jim Knowles has only been on the job for a week. The 59-year-old Philadelphia native − the man regarded as arguably the best in the nation at what he ...