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There’s an aura around the highest-paid assistant coach in college football history.
What’s Jim Knowles have to say? What’s his style?
Just how will the new defensive coordinator go about pushing Penn State football toward its first national championship in nearly 40 years …
The initial take during Penn State spring practice sessions: Knowles has been uniquely quiet, studious and ever-confident. The man who just led Ohio State’s nation’s-best defense to a College Football Playoff championship.
“Jim is a man of few words. That’s in the staff meetings in the morning. That’s out here on the field,” head coach James Franklin said. “(We) go through the film and he is thorough, and he is detailed, to the point where I think he is very, very comfortable on the field letting the coaches coach.
“From a big picture perspective, he sees it all. He’s got a very good understanding of what he wants it to look like and how it’s all supposed to fit together. I’ve been very impressed with how it’s gone so far.”
Outgoing Penn State receiver Julian Fleming got to know Fleming when the two were at Ohio State.
“He’s a guy. He’s a football genius,” Fleming said.
“He can’t sit here and have a great conversation with you. But when it comes to football and analyzing offenses and coming up with defenses to run … he’ll know what (the opponent) is running before (they) run it. He’s a great coach.”
While Knowles inherits the foundation of a Top 10 defense at Penn State, he must elevate it into a clutch, big game-winning unit. He must find key replacements across the board.
Here are three things he must accomplish through spring practice and the offseason:
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