but more info has surfaced about why Knowles decided to make the in-conference switch. According to defensive line coach Larry Johnson, during a recent Ohio State media scrum, it was more about ...

This story was updated to reflect the hiring being made official. Ohio State has lost its defensive coordinator to a Big Ten rival. Penn State announced Monday it had hired Jim Knowles as its ...

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 ...

Knowles came to Ohio State before the 2022 season, replacing Kerry Coombs. Head coach Ryan Day hired him from Oklahoma State to fix a defense that ranked outside the top 55 in the country in total ...

The Ohio State ... Knowles, but the Buckeyes still have some holes in other areas. Well, they patched one on Saturday, hiring former UCLA Bruins defensive line and outside linebackers coach ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer ... it also will not return its defensive coordinator. Jim Knowles departed for Penn State just a few days after the team returned to Columbus ...