In a move that shocked college football fans, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles ... movement. I In Knowles’ 37 years of coaching, he has only worked at six schools, with his stint at Mississippi ...

STATE COLLEGE — Jim Knowles has taken an extremely passive approach to his first spring practices at Penn State. He paces between stations, stands far away from drills and bends at the waist ...

Jim Knowles has a reputation for building elite defenses. He did it at Ohio State a year ago during the Buckeyes’ run to a national championship. Knowles even built some good ones at Oklahoma ...

STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles carried a pen and paper as he surveyed the field inside Holuba Hall. Unlike his two immediate predecessors as Penn State defensive coordinator, Knowles quietly went ...

Jim Knowles didn’t get much of a break after helping Ohio State win a national championship in January. Just days later, he was introduced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator ...

Penn State made one of the biggest coaching splashes of the college football offseason when it lured Jim Knowles away from Ohio State after winning a national championship to be its new defensive ...

James Franklin didn’t need the approval of Penn State’s assistant coaches as he discussed the possibility of hiring defensive coordinator Jim Knowles ... teams in high school, is more raw ...