Franklin nearly took the Nittany Lions to the national championship game last season (Penn State lost to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals). Less than a year later, he's out at ...

Long time Penn State head coach James Franklin has been fired after the Nittany Lions’ poor start to the season, the school announced Sunday. Franklin has been the head coach of Penn State’s football ...

Penn State can’t be accused of wasting time. Less than 24 hours after the Nittany Lions suffered their third-straight loss, 22-21 to unranked Northwestern, the university pulled the plug on James ...

It's all but over for James Franklin at Penn State. Matthew O'Haren / Imagn Images Editor’s note: James Franklin was fired Sunday afternoon, six games into his 12th season at Penn State. It’s always ...

Associate head coach/cornerbacks coach Terry Smith, a Penn State letterman, will serve as the interim head coach. According to the original terms released for the contract extension Franklin signed in ...

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 ...

Penn State has fired head football coach James Franklin in his 12th year at the helm of the Nittany Lions. The university announced the move Sunday afternoon after a 22-21 loss to Northwestern at ...