Eagles new assistants include Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz as he enters his 22nd year in the NFL and his 10th as a defensive coordinator. He most recently served as the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills during the 2014 season. Schwartz directed a Bills defense that allowed the second-fewest points in the NFL (16.9 points per game), notched a league-high 54 sacks and held opponents to an NFL-best 33.2% third-down conversion rate. As head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2009-13, Schwartz helped lead Detroit to the playoffs in 2011, the team’s first playoff appearance since 1999.

Duo brings total to 77 Penn State players to participate in the Shrine Game
 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 19, 2016 – Penn State senior tight end Kyle Carter (Bear, Del.) and senior defensive tackle Anthony Zettel (West Branch, Mich.) are slated to play in the 91st East-West Shrine Game on Saturday, Jan. 23 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game will kickoff at 4 p.m., and air on the NFL Network.

January 18, 2016 – The Philadelphia Eagles announce the hiring of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as the team’s new head coach.

Former Illinois co-defensive coordinator brings 20 years of coaching experience to the Nittany Lions
 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 18, 2016 – Penn State head coach James Franklin announced coaching veteran Tim Banks as the Nittany Lions’ co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. Banks has 20 years of coaching experience, including nine as a defensive coordinator. He most recently spent four seasons at Illinois as the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Rookie running back claims fourth freshman All-America honor

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 11, 2015 – Freshman running back Saquon Barkley (Coplay, Pa.) picked up another Freshman All-American honor with a selection to the Football Writers Association of American (FWAA) team Wednesday. He was also selected as a freshman first team honoree by USA Today and Sporting News, while finding a spot on ESPN.com’s True Freshman All-America team.

Pry has spent five seasons as co-defensive coordinator under Franklin
 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 10, 2016 – Brent Pry has been elevated to associate head coach and defensive coordinator, Penn State head football coach James Franklin announced today. Pry has spent the last five seasons on Franklin’s staff as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Vanderbilt and Penn State. He held the title of assistant head coach for the last three seasons.

PHILADELPHIA- The Philadelphia Soul have been fortunate to be coached by some top-level talent over the past ten seasons. One coach, however, has brought home an ArenaBowl championship. Bret Munsey coached the Soul from 2006-08 and was responsible for coaching the 2008 team that defeated the San Jose SaberCats in ArenaBowl XXII. Munsey is now playing a critical role in a 2016 NFL Playoffs, as his team prepares for another World Championship.

Penn State players have earned 54 Super Bowl rings

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 8, 2015 – As the National Football League playoffs begin this weekends, seven former Nittany Lions begin their quest to compete for the Super Bowl 50 title. The Penn Staters dot the rosters of six NFL teams in the playoff hunt.

Former Penn State Player Bill Bowes Elected to College Football Hall of Fame as a Coach
Bowes played for Rip Engle from 1962-64 and coached at New Hampshire from 1972-98

Breneman graduated in December with degree in business management and will pursue professional opportunities

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Jan. 7, 2015 – Tight end Adam Breneman (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) will conclude his Penn State football career due to a chronic knee injury. Breneman graduated in just three years in December with a degree in business management from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business and will pursue professional opportunities in business or politics this spring.