James Franklin fired as Penn State football coach after 3-3 start
Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after a 3-3 start to the 2025 season. Franklin finished with a 104-45 record with the program.
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Love it!!! Penn St deserves better and Franklin was always, always a fraud. He had no business coaching that team or any team. Awful coach.James Franklin fired as Penn State football coach after 3-3 start
Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after a 3-3 start to the 2025 season. Franklin finished with a 104-45 record with the program.www.on3.com
I just saw that! He's not a bad coach. Penn State must have a really low tolerance for less than 9 wins a year.
He wasn't awful at Vandy. He was as good as any coach I've ever seen at shortening games that his team needed to close out and lengthening games where they had ground to cover to get back in them.
Penn State doesn't deserve crap.
Respectfully disagree. He was awful. Had no business coaching a top tier program.
Although I do understand the sentiment behind the PSU comment.
"Vanderbilt's 25 combined wins in Franklin's three years in charge was the Commodores' highest total in school history. Franklin finished his Vanderbilt career with a record of 24–15 (an average of 8 wins per year)." Two of those were 9 win seasons.
Respect your opinion but you seem to be the only one saying that.
I really thought he would finish out the year, and then the dreaded EOY evaluation.
His buyout I hear is in the neighborhood of 50 million.
His buyout I hear is in the neighborhood of 50 million.
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I understand. I just think there is quite the jump from coaching a lowly Vandy team to immediately jumping to a top tier program. I didn't think it was warranted at the time of his hiring and I feel somewhat validated today. He did some good things at Vandy but I always chalked that up to being a flash in the pan. PSU gambled and lost. It's almost as if they could have seen this coming....I did. Regardless, I concede he did pretty good at Vandy. But at PSU you could literally count on him losing big games. Year after year after year.
Penn State may very well find themselves the next Nebraska.
We better give Beems another bump because I'm certain Penn State will be coming for him.
How about open up pocketbook and hire Franklin as OC. Then if Shane doesn't last, let Franklin coach half a season as interim coach. The guy is probably motivated to prove himself. I wasn't super impressed with resume at Vandy but he made Penn State very competitive though they couldn't rise to UM and OH State level.
That shouldn't be any impediment to us going after him. The only guy I've seen win more games in which he was only near-equal to the other team was Vince Dooley. Of course, Franklin's sample size at Vandy was smaller.
I'm good with it. The only way I'd be better with it would be if we were talking about ND.
I agree with you. I think he'd do well here in any capacity. I don't think Beamers ego would allow that, but I agree with you.
No, sir. Head coach or nothing for Franklin. Too many jobs are open and will open. He won't have to settle if he wants to coach.
I wasn't sure if you were making a case for him at OC, OL, or HC - but I'm good with all 3. It pains me to say it given everything else I've said about him, but I think he would be an upgrade at all 3 positions. That's sad, but yeah, I'm good with it.
If you can't win the big game with loads of talent I don't seejow you win it with less.
He's already done it. Continued winning in coaching is largely a matter of fit. But he might also attract more money to this program.
Right now I just want better than we have. 5 years from now I'll probably want better than that.
My Brother is a Vandy Alum, they HATED it when he left.... IMO he did a god job at Vandy, prior to NIL and Portal, what he made Vandy for a couple years was impressive!!
Thats what i say- wnd this Beamer experiment nowJames Franklin fired as Penn State football coach after 3-3 start
Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after a 3-3 start to the 2025 season. Franklin finished with a 104-45 record with the program.
The only coaches with more wins than Franklin in the last 3.5 years are Ryan Day, Kirby Smart and Kalen Deboer.
I have a feeling PSU will come to regret firing Franklin. As frustratingly consistent as he was at losing to the top teams, he was remarkably consistent at beating the teams he was supposed to beat. It's hard to win almost every game you're supposed to win.
I have a feeling PSU will come to regret firing Franklin. As frustratingly consistent as he was at losing to the top teams, he was remarkably consistent at beating the teams he was supposed to beat. It's hard to win almost every game you're supposed to win.
I have a suspicion PSU is going to come on the short side of the coaching change spree.
That would suit the dickens out of me.
Grew up a PSU "fan" since that's where my parents are from, even though I was raised in SC.
Fans and players are liking the interim guy, which would suit me since he's a Paterno loyalist. Would love if they got a Paterno guy in there to straighten out and restore his legacy to what it should be.