An offseason of change following a successful 2024 season continues in Happy Valley. With the hiring of Penn State’s new ...

His name popped up when the head coach ultimately hired Manny Diaz and Knowles left Oklahoma State for Ohio State in 2021. “I am excited for this opportunity to join Penn State football ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In the days after the Orange Bowl, Penn State’s players gathered on campus for a team meeting. At that ...

Drayton is a coaching veteran who has won three national championships, one as a player, and has head-coaching and NFL ...

27—Penn State has made a massive splash by hiring ... this should be a much less static unit than it has been since Manny Diaz became the defensive coordinator ahead of the 2022 season.

He is Penn State’s current defensive coordinator, formerly of Ohio State. He is like former PSU DCs Tom Allen and Manny Diaz ...

Penn State has had highly ranked defenses for nearly a decade under Brent Pry, Manny Diaz and Tom Allen. Knowles recognized that and his role in continuing the run. "Having been through various ...

Last year, Franklin hired former Indiana coach Tom Allen to run his defense after Manny Diaz was hired as head coach at Duke. Allen left Happy Valley after Penn State's loss to Notre Dame in the ...

Following the departure of longtime Franklin assistant Brent Pry to be the head coach at Virginia Tech, Penn State has hired Manny Diaz and Tom Allen. Both coordinators did extremely well in ...

Manny Diaz spent two seasons in Happy Valley on Franklin's squad ... The 59-year-old Knowles comes to Penn State after orchestrating one of the top defenses in the country this past season at Ohio ...

Penn State Nittany Lions HC James Franklin, who coached Saquon Barkley in the NCAAF, shared his thoughts on the Philadelphia ...