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Jim Knowles

Current Position

Defensive Coordinator

Salary

Coach Salaries Index

Salary

$3,100,000Source

Coach Salaries Index

Alma MaterCornell/ 1987

DegreeIndustrial and Labor Relations

Age60

High SchoolSt. Joseph's Prep School

HometownPhiladelphia, PA

RivalsJim Knowles

Knowles News

college football coaching carousel hot seat watch names to know

College Football Coaching Carousel: Latest intel, hot seat watch & names to know

Pete Nakos•10/21/25

Rhett Lashlee, Jedd Fisch, and Will Stein

College football coaching carousel: Early names to know for open jobs, latest intel

Pete Nakos•10/09/25

Jim Knowles Penn State Football On3

In Trying to Defend Every Blade of Grass, Penn State Is Losing the Ground War

Thomas Frank Carr•10/07/25

Oklahoma State coaching timelines candidates

Oklahoma State coaching search: Names to know, timelines to watch

Pete Nakos•10/02/25

Oklahoma State head coach hot board

Oklahoma State Head Coach Hot Board: Top candidates to replace Mike Gundy

Pete Nakos•09/23/25

NCAA Football: Cotton Bowl-Ohio State at Texas

Matt Patricia vs the Arch Manning effect

Ian Boyd•08/28/25

Coaching History

Penn State

Defensive Coordinator2025 - present

Ohio State

Defensive Coordinator2022 - 2024

Oklahoma State

Defensive Coordinator2019 - 2021

Oklahoma State

Assistant Head Coach2018 - 2018

Duke

Defensive Coordinator2010 - 2017

Cornell

Head Coach2004 - 2009

Ole Miss

Linebackers Coach2003 - 2003

Western Michigan

Defensive Coordinator2001 - 2002