Tennessee hired defensive coordinator Jim Knowles following the 2025 regular season. He was Penn State's defensive coordinator in 2025 after serving in the same capacity at Ohio State from 2022-24.

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State officially introduced Jim Knowles as its new defensive coordinator on Tuesday. The 59-year-old Philadelphia native left Ohio State days after it won the College Football ...

Jim Knowles has been hired as the new defensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee, replacing Tim Banks. Knowles signed a three-year, $6.6 million contract with the Volunteers that runs ...

Just one year after winning a national championship with the Ohio State Buckeyes as defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, in the same role with Penn State, failed to recapture that magic with the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Just days after parting ways with defensive coordinator Tim Banks, the Vols are set to make a splash hire to replace him. Jim Knowles, the former Ohio State and current Penn State ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes surprisingly lost its defensive coordinator right after winning a national championship, with Penn State paying Knowles $3 million to leave Columbus. While Ryan Day likely made ...

Knowles, in a recent interview in his new office, was candid about why he left Ohio State, and told ESPN it boiled down to the timing of Ohio State's contract extension offer. He was hoping to get a ...