Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day was the impetus for Jim Knowles' exodus from Columbus this offseason. Knowles reportedly didn't appreciate Day's hands-on approach defensively and wanted ...

Time spent in the car on recruiting trips for Cutcliffe, then Duke’s head coach and Knowles, his defensive coordinator, wasn’t only about football. “We’d take some long rides in the car ...

Knowles' new boss came to his defense about the situation. “Jim had all intentions of going to their national champion celebration,” Penn State coach James Franklin told reporters Tuesday.

Penn State pulled off a big move in the coaching world by hiring Jim Knowles away from national champion Ohio State to be its new defensive coordinator. A national championship-winning assistant ...