James Franklin and Penn State capped off their season close to a Natty dream. The post Big Crisis Awaits James Franklin & Penn State As Insider Drops Bombshell After Lincoln Riley’s USC Masterstroke ...

Penn State coach James Franklin somehow overlooked his new defensive coordinator’s baggage. Nothing criminal or creepy or controversial, but coarse. Tom Allen had one devil of a rasp ...

James Franklin must hire his third Nittany Lion defensive coordinator in four years after Tom Allen leaves for Clemson.

Penn State needs a new defensive coordinator for the third time in four years, as Tom Allen leaves for Clemson after one season with the Nittany Lions. Expect James Franklin and the Nittany Lions to ...

Franklin was at Mater Dei on Thursday morning, perennially one of the nation's top football programs and a recruiting hotbed.

Haines was a finalist for the Broyles Award (top assistant) in 2024 and a semifinalist for the award in 2023. During Allen’s ...

Former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is reportedly headed to Penn State to serve in the same role, and Nittany ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Allen has been in James Franklin’s shoes as a college football head coach. Allen competed against Franklin when he was at Indiana and now works for him at Penn State.

On Tuesday, the Clemson Board of Trustees met for a compensation committee meeting to finalize the contract details of new defensive coordinator, Tom Allen. Prior to that, Allen was the head coach ...

When Penn State left the field after the 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, James Franklin knew he had work to do. Franklin, though, didn’t realize then that he’d be spending the ...

“Tom checked every box that I was looking for,” he said in a statement. Allen, in a statement, thanked Penn State and coach James Franklin for his one season there and wished PSU “nothing ...