Tapping into Knowles’ brilliance could be the difference between a top-10 unit and one that pushes Penn State to be the country’s best.

Venables was asked about the decision to become Oklahoma’s primary defensive play-caller in 2025. That move was made ...

Brent Venables: "I've been fighting for my job every year, like somebody's holding me under the water trying to drown me. And ...

Penn State's James Franklin explained, for the first time, of hiring away top defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Ohio ...

Oklahoma’s inaugural season in the SEC did not go according to plan, and that’s putting it nicely. The Sooners patched ...

Jim Knowles has established himself as one of the top def͏ensive minds in college f͏ootball. Over the past four seasons, his defense at Oklahoma State and Ohio ͏State͏ ͏ranked first in total ...

STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles had been on James Franklin’s ... who also considered leaving Ohio State for Notre Dame and Oklahoma. “When you’re able to go out and compete with who we ...

He reportedly had offers from Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Knowles pointed to two things, the opportunity to help lift the program over the hump, and a culture already established under James Franklin.

Jim Knowles said that growing up in Philadelphia ... was the defensive coordinator for Duke from 2010-17 and Oklahoma State from 2018-21 before joining the Buckeyes in 2022. He turned down ...

It's one reason why Franklin hired away Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles less ... and a new challenge pushed Knowles to consider opportunities at Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Penn State.

As a fourth-year head coach at Norman, Brent Venables is officially entering a pivotal year in 2025, facing unprecedented ...