James Franklin hires Penn St.’s Ty Howle
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Penn State head coach Matt Campbell, who just took the job, will have to find replacements for both O'Brien and Howle. Campbell spent the last 10 seasons at Iowa State, compiling a 72-55 overall record. He finished the 2025 season with an 8-4 record after leading the program to an 11-3 record last season.
Much of the attention at Penn State is rightfully on the recent hire of Iowa State’s Matt Campbell as football head coach. But athletic director Pat Kraft just made a huge splash in an Olympic sport.
Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is working on a buyout to take the same position at Tennessee, according to multiple reports.
Tight ends coach Ty Howle has moved on to Virginia Tech, where is expected to become James Franklin's offensive coordinator. And quarterbacks coach Danny O'Brien, who Franklin coached at Maryland and hired as an analyst at Penn State, is leaving for the same position with the Hokies.
Zakee Wheatley waited his turn to become an impact defender in Penn State’s program. The wait was worth it. Wheatley, a fifth-year player who made 28 starts at safety the last two seasons, took to social media on Wednesday to thank Penn State’s fans, his family and his coaches as he begins preparations for the 2026 NFL draft.
After Penn won its 24th conference crown during Miller’s first season in 2007, the team graduated a wave of key contributors that had been recruited by former coach Fran Dunphy. These included two-time Ivy League Player of the Year Ugonna Onyekwe, as well as leading scorer Mark Zoller and leading shot-blocker Steve Danley.
Faculty at Pennsylvania State University soon could be part of a union. Members of the Penn State Faculty Alliance on Tuesday said they turned in thousands of union authorization cards to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board’s offices in Harrisburg.
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Penn State to hire NCAA title-winning head coach to lead men's soccer program: Sources
Penn State has found a new men's soccer coach - and he recently won a national title. Vermont head coach Rob Dow is set to be hired as the Nittany Lions' head coach, according to multiple sources. Dow led the Catamounts to the national championship in 2024 and has made the NCAA Tournament five times in his nine seasons with the program.
Mekhi Becton has been — in a word — underwhelming. Monday night’s win against the Eagles was one of the worst games of his career and to put a number on that, his pass block grade from Pro Football Focus was 13.7.