Penn State coach James Franklin consoled his daughter Addison Franklin, who broke down in tears after a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night, as seen in social media videos.

James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions are notorious for dominating the state of Pennsylvania when it comes to ...

And X immortalizes the dubious decisions of the losers. Penn State head coach James Franklin made a few in Thursday night’s Orange Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal — a game his Nittany ...

The Philadelphia Eagles — led by superstar running back Saquon Barkley — will face off against the back-to-back ...

Ari Wasserman of On3 took his crack at ranking the top 25 coaches in 2025, and Franklin's ranking seems to be lagging.

James Franklin is a head coach, appointed by the Penn State Nittany Lions in January 2014. Franklin previously coached at Vanderbilt University, winning nine back-to-back games in two seasons as ...

The Nittany Lions were consistently in the upper echelon of the Big Ten throughout head coach James Franklin's first 10 seasons (which coincided with the first 10 years of the playoff era), but ...

James Franklin is a good college football coach on paper. Just look at his overall stats at Penn State as their head coach for the past 11 years: 101-41 overall. Bowl appearances in all but one of ...

Penn State coach James Franklin used his platform during the Nittany Lions' College Football Playoff run to stress the need for broad-sweeping changes across the sport, previously tabbing Nick ...

Penn State head coach James Franklin has never shoed away from sharing his opinions on what he feels are good or bad for the game of college football. And he is certainly not one to back away from ...

But as the jewels of that class head off to the NFL, it's relevant to note Franklin has not recruited ... with the loss Thursday night. "Big Game" James has earned the moniker for all the ...