Speaking at media day ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Saturday, Knowles sidestepped the question. Knowles was the third-highest paid assistant in college football in 2024, earning $2.2 million. He remains under contract through 2026. Oklahoma paid Alley $850,000.

Ohio State’s run to the National Championship has been a special one and one more win would cap off the Buckeyes’ first title in a decade. The Buckeyes have gotten a strong showing from both the offense and defense throughout the playoff.

Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has helped restore the Buckeyes defense back to prominence this season, culminating with a trip to the National Cha

Titled “Chapter of Champions,” the team released its pregame hype trailer, narrated by Ohio’s own and NBA legend LeBron James. “This journey is not so different from our past eight championships,” James began. “They wrote us off, but every time, we kept writing.”

After replacing Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby as OC, Littrell was fired in October, when Finley was promoted to play-caller on an interim basis, as was Johns to coach the QBs. Finley remains on staff to coach the tight ends, but Johns is now coaching quarterbacks at Oklahoma State.

Jim Knowles has a pretty good gig at Ohio State, but could he be lured to OU? Why the defensive coordinator move isn't completely impossible.

It might take a lot for the Irish to pull an outright upset over the Buckeyes, but this game should be closer than the spread would indicate

Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is almost complete. Notre Dame will face Ohio State on Jan. 20 in the CFP National Championship with the winner earning bragging rig

Jim Knowles has been linked to the open Oklahoma defensive coordinator job. Ahead of the national championship, he commented on those rumors.

No. 7 seed Notre Dame finds itself as the betting underdog for Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship against No. 8 seed Ohio State, but the Fighting Irish believe they have a plan to take down the Buckeyes and win the program's first national title since 1988.

With the pressures of the College Football Playoff National Championship looming between Ohio State and Notre Dame, coaching staffs are certainly putting every effort into preparing their teams. Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is receiving lots of interest from other programs for how well his unit has performed this season.