Surprise NFL Coordinator Emerges At Top Candidate For Penn State Job After James Franklin Firing

Surprise NFL Coordinator Emerges At Top Candidate For Penn State Job After James Franklin Firing

Penn State Beaver Stadium The Penn State Nittany Lions stunned the college football world over the weekend when they fired head coach James Franklin on the back of a 13-win season. For those who have been paying attention, however, the move had been a long time in the making. Franklin served 12 years as the Penn State head coach and, while he experienced success, seemingly faltered in every big moment. In the wake of the firing, names such as Ur…

Unexpected NFL Coordinator Surfaces As Leading Candidate For Penn State Head Coaching Job After James Franklin’s Firing

James Franklin (Photo By Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images) Penn State fans are still recovering from James Franklin’s firing after a 13-win season. Now, a familiar NFL name is emerging as the top candidate for the coaching job. After 12 years of near misses, the Nittany Lions are looking for a fresh start, and the early favorite is someone who once worked quietly behind the scenes at Beaver Stadium. That someone is Joe Brady, the Buffalo Bills offen…

Penn State To Hire Deion Sanders As Next Head Football Coach

On Sunday, Penn State shocked the college football world by firing longtime head coach James Franklin. The Nittany Lions entered the season as one of the sport’s title favorites, but a bewildering 3-3 start has them out of the playoff conversation by mid-October.  Franklin, who took control of the team in 2013, had done well to revitalize a program that was once destroyed by scandal. However, an inability to produce victories in the school’s big…

NSN’s Penn State Head Coach Hot Board 2.0

It’s time for the second version of NSN’s Penn State football head coach hot board. Penn State needs a new head football coach after firing James Franklin early Sunday afternoon. Over the next however many days/months until Penn State hires a new head coach, there will be plenty of hot boards discussing who Penn State might hire. Here is our second one, where we will start by addressing the people who weren’t named in our first one. NSN’s Penn S…

Pete Thamel predicts who will be next head coach of Penn State

Pete Thamel offered his prediction on who Penn State’s next head coach will be on ESPN’s “College GameDay” podcast. The Nittany Lions have a tall task ahead of them after showing James Franklin the door on Sunday after 11 seasons. There’s two names that come to Thamel’s mind, at least initially. “I’m going to say it’s one of the Matts, Campbell or Rhule,” Thamel said. “I’m not convicted on either, but I think it’s going to be a Matt.” Matt Campb…

Could Joe Brady Be Penn State’s Next Head Coach? James Franklin's Next Stop: UNC?

Chris "The Bear" Fallica believes that Bills OC Joe Brady should be a name to look out for in Penn State's head coach search.