In the case of new defensive coordinator hire Jim Knowles, one of those non-negotiables would have been running a 4-3 or 4-2-5 base defense similar to that of Brent Pry, Manny Diaz and Tom Allen ...

Penn State football coach James Franklin and Jim Knowles describe the "excruciating" and "painstaking" work they're ...

It is believed that Jim Knowles' base salary at Penn State already puts ... The 59-year-old just completed a season coaching the nation's No. 1 defense for the national champions.

Franklin and Knowles previously had discussed a job at Penn State. An early morning call two days after Ohio State's national ...

Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has officially ... Penn State’s poaching of Knowles fresh off a national championship at the head of Ohio State’s defense. On Tuesday night ...

Ohio State has offered Jim Knowles a contract ... last January with an annual base salary worth $2.2 million that is eligible ...

Jim Knowles comes to Penn State as arguably the ... Knowles prefers a hybrid defense which can look like a 3-3-5, which is the base defense, a 4-2-5, which Penn State ran under Tom Allen this ...

Jim Knowles made a move few have in the course of college football history, leaving a program fresh off a national championship for a conference rival. The decorated defensive coordinator had at ...

After guiding the Buckeyes defense for three seasons ... college coordinator ever to make at least $3 million in base salary. Jim Knowles celebrates after Ohio State’s national championship ...

Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its defensive coordinator ... posters and print keepsakes Knowles has transformed Ohio State’s defense in his three seasons. He took over a unit ...

Jim Knowles' blockbuster contract at Penn State set a high-water mark for assistant coach salaries, and now Auburn defensive ...

Former Ohio State defensive coordinator said in an address to Penn State players that the Nittany Lions were 'everything' to ...