When Penn State’s defense is in a 4-2-5, the expectation is the fifth defensive back will be able to do a little bit of ...

Freshman Chaz Coleman play little defense at Warren G. Harding High. But he has made a strong first impression on Penn State's James Franklin and Jim Knowles.

Developing young defensive linemen is one of Penn State’s top priorities in preseason camp. All-American edge rusher Abdul ...

Knowles’ scheme is known as one of the more complex in college football. He runs a 4-2-5, similar to the system former defensive coordinator Tom Allen ran at Penn State in 2024. The former Ohio State ...

When Jim Knowles was introduced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator in February, he said his main goal was to “have ...

Jim Knowles put his feelings in a letter. It was the summer of 1988 when he wrote to Maxie Baughan, his former coach at Cornell, and told him he was torn about his career path.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the defending champion of the college football world, but that earned them only so much respect ...

Knowles, who spent the last three seasons directing Ohio State's defenses, inherits proven Penn State playmakers at every ...

Cornerbacks and defensive linemen have been the recent focus of Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles in his Defender of the Day updates. But Knowles, in his first year of running the Nittany ...

Penn State has made a massive splash by hiring Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to take the same job with the Nittany Lions. He replaces Tom Allen, who left PSU to become Clemson's ...

Jim Knowles went to Cornell and worked in Wall Street before coaching Knowles played football for Cornell in the 1980s and was a three-year letterman and All-Ivy League selection.

Taking the defense over the top The most direct impact Knowles will have on Penn State will be on the field. He's the best at what he does, and for as good as the Nittany Lion defense has been in ...