Knowles’ toughness, forged on the streets of North Philadelphia, and his intelligence, developed in Catholic grade schools ...

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

Ohio State is hungry for a Big Ten title, but Penn State has a loaded roster and OSU's ex-defensive coordinator as the ...

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 ...

Knowles, Penn State's first-year defensive coordinator, praised a linebacker and a defensive back, respectively, for their ...

Few defensive coordinators in the country have the reputation that Jim Knowles does. The leader of the Nittany Lions’ defense ...

Junior transfer linebacker Amare Campbell and a redshirt freshman corner Kenny Woseley Jr. were the first two Penn State ...

Heather Dinich believes in Penn State this fall, and she went so far as to say the Nittany Lions should be preseason No. 1 ...

Knowles said Durant suggested Durant is the kind of lineman who will help force the entire defense to be designed in a ...

James Franklin knows what he is getting in Jim Knowles. The former Ohio State defensive coordinator didn’t come cheap. If a ...

Jim Knowles was the defensive coordinator the last three seasons at Ohio State, which has as many resources as any college football team in the country. The Buckeyes won the national championship ...

Jim Knowles a Broyles Award finalist as DC at Oklahoma State Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy hired Knowles in 2018 to help slow down the high-powered offenses of the Big 12.