James Geoffrey Franklin (born February 2, 1972) is an American football coach and former player. Franklin has served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and served in the same position at Vanderbilt University from 2011 to 2013.

James Franklin, a 29-year football coaching veteran, was appointed Penn State’s 16th head football coach on January 11, 2014 and enters his 14th season as a collegiate head coach.

Nov 3, 2024 · The easy answer for Penn State is to move on from James Franklin. But the reality is you never know what might happen under a new coach.

Apr 1, 2024 · James Franklin will resign as the head coach of Penn State football if the team misses the next College Football Playoff (CFP), he announced Sunday. Franklin, the 10-year leader of the Nittany Lions, has never made the CFP in his tenure.

Jan 7, 2025 · Now there's a new layer to the conversation as Penn State football prepares to take on Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal in the Orange Bowl, where two Black head coaches, the...

Nov 29, 2024 · Penn State football coach James Franklin received a contract amendment to the 10-year deal he signed in 2021 reflecting the new College Football Playoff.

Jan 17, 2025 · MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — James Franklin stood outside Penn State’s locker room with his arm around his daughter. In the minutes after Penn State’s College Football Playoff semifinal loss to ...

Jan 10, 2024 · James Franklin was a 19-year coaching veteran who scaled from filling soda machines at Kutztown University to becoming the head coach at Vanderbilt at age 38 to taking over at Penn State...

Nov 13, 2024 · Franklin, then a young coach rising through the ranks with a fairly robust history of changing jobs, was taking on a role you could easily imagine springboarding him to something bigger, better...

Dec 21, 2024 · By most measures of football success, James Franklin’s tenure at Penn State has been satisfying. A 100-41 record over 11 seasons, one Big Ten championship, a slew of players in the NFL.