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 ...

James Franklin and Jim Knowles describe the 'excruciating' and 'painstaking' work they're performing with the Nittany Lions' defense.

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

Virginia Tech hired a new defensive coordinator this offseason, tapping Arizona Cardinals linebackers coach Sam Siefkes to ...

Jim Knowles landed at Penn State less than a week after helping Ohio State win the national championship. In those precious days following the College Football Playoff finale, the sought-after ...

Virginia Tech is ready for a new era on defense under first-year coordinator Sam Siefkes. The Hokies hired Siefkes to replace ...

Only six of the 22 starters from the regular-season finale against Virginia, three on each side of the ball, are expected to ...

Jim Knowles arrives as the nation’s highest paid assistant coach at $9.3 million — $3.1 annually for three years — but he was ...

Tech brought in 19 players from the portal — more than it had in the previous two recruiting cycles combined — to ...

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.

The program also announced that head coach Brent Venables will serve as the ... then coordinated the Gorillas defense from 2018-19. Dreiling was an analyst at Oregon in 2020, the middle ...