Vanderbilt will be getting ready for the 2025 campaign with newfound optimism. Following a string of rough years ever since ...

The Nittany Lions' veteran head coach once played quarterback at the D2 level. Here's what to know about Franklin's playing career.

James Franklin received a text from a former coaching buddy three days after Penn State's Fiesta Bowl win over Boise State. The contents of the ...

James Franklin has been coaching the Penn State Nittany Lions since 2014, after a successful stint in the NFL as a coordinator and as head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores. Under his leadership ...

500 with a win in the same bowl (then called the BBVA Compass Bowl) in James Franklin's last season with the program. In Clark Lea's fourth season, Vanderbilt finally has something to build on ...

James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman ... Franklin, who has been the Penn State coach for 11 seasons after three at Vanderbilt, compared the opportunity to the first Super Bowl featuring ...

James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first Black coach to guide a team to a College Football Playoff final.

Vanderbilt (7-6) defeated Georgia Tech, 35-27, in the bowl game, which gave the Commodores their first winning season since 2013. In that season, under former coach James Franklin, Vanderbilt also ...

In 2010, Franklin bagged his first senior coach job at Vanderbilt, and then in 2013 at Penn State University. James Franklin is an African-American by ethnicity. His parents are James Oliver and ...