Penn State is seeking a new head football coach after firing James Franklin during his 12th season. Longtime assistant Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule played at Penn State and previously worked with Nittany Lions AD Pat Kraft. Tommy Gilligan / Imagn Images LINCOLN, Neb. — At the perceived epicenter of a one-day-old Penn ...

Penn State fired James Franklin after a 3-3 start to the 2025 season. Dan Rainville / Imagn Images The James Franklin era has come to a stunning end. Penn State fired Franklin on Sunday after ...

Penn State needs its very own Curt Cignetti. Matt Rhule's best attribute is that he's a program builder. You could say the same of James Franklin. Penn State needs a closer, not a builder. Matt Rhule ...

Penn State football enters its game against Iowa with a new interim coach and starting quarterback. The team is currently on a three-game losing streak and is considered the underdog. Penn State's ...

The last time Penn State missed a bowl game -- excluding the shortened COVID season and when the program was ineligible for the postseason due to sanctions -- you would have to go back to 2004. The ...

(WHTM) – Nebraska head football coach and State College native Matt Rhule reacted Monday to Penn State firing James Franklin and the speculation he could become the Nittany Lions’ next head coach. “I ...

Is Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham a potential candidate for the Penn State head coaching position? Several recent lists include the ASU football coach as a possibility to replace the ...

If Penn State fired James Franklin, he'd be owed a whopper of a buyout. James Franklin broke his end of the bargain when Nittany Lions lost to UCLA. No jobs open would seem like a great fit for James ...

Penn State is moving on. On Sunday, Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde reported that Penn State coach James Franklin had been fired following the Nittany Lions’ loss to Northwestern on Saturday, which was ...

The Penn State fans chanting “Fire Franklin” during Saturday’s ugly home loss to Northwestern got their wish one day later. The school canned longtime football coach James Franklin on Sunday after the ...

Ex-Ohio State and Penn State wide receiver Julian Fleming is facing several felony charges — including homicide — in connection with an ATV crash earlier this year that took the life of his ...