Ohio State spent the last week celebrating its first national championship since 2014, but the honeymoon abruptly changed Sunday when defensive coordinator Jim Knowles packed his playbook for the ...

Ryan Day’s search for Jim Knowles’ replacement With Jim Knowles out of the scene, Ryan Day’s defensive coaching ... taking a page from Nick Saban’s playbook when it comes to replacing ...

Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles continues getting used to his new surroundings in State College, but he knows he can still use an old bag of tricks to establish a new regime.

When Jim Knowles and David Cutcliffe navigated ... then Duke’s head coach and Knowles, his defensive coordinator, wasn’t only about football. “We’d take some long rides in the car and ...

Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has bunkered into his State College office to begin what he called the "excruciating" process of introducing his philosophy. Penn State football coach ...

It was about Jim Knowles, Ohio State's multimillion-dollar defensive coordinator. The man who had orchestrated the nation's No. 1 defense, helped it run through the College Football Playoffs to 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 ...

Along with a veteran senior class that heads off, many of whom are heading to the NFL, the Buckeyes have seen the departures of defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and offensive line coach Justin Frye.

Jim Knowles grew up in Philadelphia ... running around the streets of Philly,” Knowles said Tuesday when he was introduced as the Nittany Lions’ defensive coordinator.