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Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles previously has singled out a linebacker, two cornerbacks and a safety in early ...

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

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

Jim Knowles studied in the Ivy League and worked on Wall Street. Then he found his true calling: inventing new ways to hammer ...

Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when Penn State hired him to be defensive coordinator just three months ago.

Knowles was reportedly offered a five-year contract at $1.3 million per season by Oklahoma State. Ohio State blew that out of the water with an offer that was 46% higher (though for fewer years).

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.

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 ...