Penn State coach James Franklin somehow overlooked his new defensive coordinator’s baggage. Nothing criminal or creepy or controversial, but coarse. Tom Allen had one devil of a rasp ...

It appears that head coach James Franklin and Penn State football may be on the market for a new defensive coordinator yet again. Tom Allen, who led the Nittany Lions' defense for just one season ...

Penn State football head coach James Franklin will be making his third ... officially hired former Nittany Lion defensive leader Tom Allen on Tuesday for the same position. Allen has reportedly ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Allen has been in James Franklin’s shoes as a college football head coach. Allen competed against Franklin when he was at Indiana and now works for him at Penn State.

James Franklin and Penn State capped off their season close to a Natty dream. The post Big Crisis Awaits James Franklin & Penn State As Insider Drops Bombshell After Lincoln Riley’s USC Masterstroke ...

Tom Allen wore a weary smile in Penn State's locker room after the Orange Bowl as he surveyed a silent, still group of ...

When Penn State left the field after the 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, James Franklin knew he had work to do. Franklin, though, didn’t realize then that he’d be spending the ...

James Franklin must hire his third Nittany Lion defensive coordinator in four years after Tom Allen leaves for Clemson.