{ border-top:3px solid #091F40; 12 South Carolina 213 and at No. He met with reporters for just 4 minutes after the loss. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. On January 11, 2014, the Athletic Department at Penn State announced the appointment of Franklin as the head football coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. 1995 - Kutztown University (Wide Receivers). James Franklin Profile - Cricket Player New Zealand - ESPNcricinfo Penn State football was once a source of immense pride. Safety JiAyir Brown tied for the nations lead with six interceptions, the most for a Penn State player since 2006, and became the first Nittany Lion with six interceptions and two fumble recoveries in a season since 2005. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in 1995. Penn State signed a Rivals No. Donald Driver was among the top receivers in the NFL, ranking second in receptions and eighth in receiving yards, with a then-career-high 86 catches for 1,221 yards. Penn State finished the season 94, ranked #17 in the AP and Coaches Poll. The Commodores had played in four bowl games all-time in the 121 seasons prior to his arrival, none in consecutive years. 17 in the AP and Amway Coaches polls. Most times scoring 40 (5) or more points since 1915. In court testimony, Franklin admitted to changing his story about whether he told Vanderbilt players that he had viewed a video recording of the incident. James Franklin McCafferty. Still, yeah. While at Vanderbilt, Franklin assembled a class that finished as high as 19th in 2014. Stout, a Ray Guy Award finalist, set Penn States school record for career punt average (44.54) and season punt average (46.01) and became the second specialist in Big Ten history to earn Special Teams player of the Week in a season four times. McSorley was named the Grange-Griffin Big Ten Championship Game MVP, as well as earning Maxwell Club Tri-State Player of the Year and All-Big Ten second-team honors. padding-top:5px; The Nittany Lion defense allowed opponents only a 66.7 percent conversion rate in the red zone, which ranked third nationally. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports, Dec 30, 2017; Glendale, AZ, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin walks onto the field with wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton (5), safety Marcus Allen (2) and linebacker Jason Cabinda (40) prior to the game against the Washington Huskies in the 2017 Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Penn State won, 31-19, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, . Alright, Schianos comes with an asterisk: neither of those wins were against Big Ten teams. We're very, very careful and very methodical about doing that. Fleck has an identical win percentage to Fitzy, however, that includes an 0-3 record at Western Michigan. The Nittany Lions had 19 players garner All-Big Ten accolades, including two first-team selections in Micah Parsons and Yetur Gross-Matos. There has been a critical error on this website. However, all four games were also at home, so that doesnt excuse much. 5 by Rivals and No. The Nittany Lions also signed 12 ESPN300 recruits in 2018, the first time since 2006 when ESPN rankings started. In 2003, Franklin added duties as recruiting coordinator and directed back-to-back recruiting classes ranked in the Top 25 nationally. The 2011 bowl berth was Vanderbilts second since 1983. 8 in the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls and No. "He has been through the most thorough vetting process that any individual has gone through at the university," Erickson said after a press conference at Beaver Stadium where Franklin made his first official appearance as a leader of Penn State. They were re-introduced when Franklin was coaching at Maryland several years later. A victory at Missouri sparked an 8-1 finish, which included three consecutive SEC road wins for the first time in program history. The Commodores defeated Florida, Georgia and Tennessee in the same season for the first time in program history, winning in Gainesville and Knoxville. Third-team All-America wide receiver Jahan Dotson was a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist and finished his stellar career third all-time at Penn State in career receiving touchdowns (23) and fourth in receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,620). Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Franklin coached in Penn States first bowl game since being relieved of NCAA sanctions in his first season on the job with a trip to the Pinstripe Bowl in 2014. The first time in Vanderbilt history a player (Zac Stacy) had rushed for over 1,000 yards back to back years. His lone win came against Penn State in 2020, a Penn State team that was later revealed to be made up of scarecrows. Locksley lost to #7 Oregon and #4 TCU while at New Mexico, and has gone 0-7 against top ten teams and 0-3 against top five teams so far at Maryland. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings and No. However, the last couple of years haven't yielded those. So, is James Franklin bad against top teams? In February 2020, Franklin received a new contract through 2025 that pays him $5 . James Franklin has an impressive NFL Draft streak since taking over as the head coach of Penn State football in 2014. He helped the Terrapins to victories in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl and the 2010 Military Bowl. Happy Valley Insider - Taking a look at James Franklin's bowl history On the offensive side of the ball, the Nittany Lions posted their highest rushing average (204.9) since 2008 (205.8) and were No. Zettel earned All-Big Ten first-team honors, while receiver DaeSean Hamilton garnered All-Big Ten second-team accolades after pulling in 82 catches for 899 yards. Entering the 2022-23 bowl season, Franklin has been on the winning side of a bowl game as often as he has been on the losing end. Franklin began his coaching career as the wide receivers coach at Kutztown (Pa.) University (1995) and was a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University in 1996, working with the secondary. Also known as J S Franklin, James S Anklin, Jerry S Franklin, Franklin J. Of course, Penn State has fared well when ranked in the top 5. But Franklin is 0-3 in bowl games against his former foes from the SEC with losses to Georgia, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Court Records; James Hazelwood was born on 09/30/1943 and passed away at 55 years old. Michigan: W, 21-17, over Penn State. PSU led the Big Ten with 104 tackles for loss (T-4th nationally) and 42 sacks (T-6th), and 26 different Nittany Lions had at least a full tackle for loss, good for second in the nation. 1 recruits from their respective states (Singleton and Dani Dennis-Sutton) and six of the top 10 players out of Pennsylvania. He was the first Penn State quarterback to win all-conference honors since Daryll Clark in 2009. Since starting his Michigan career 1-9 against top ten teams, Harbaugh has won three of the last six to bring his record up to 4-12. That is incorrect, and was instead mistakenly based on a reference from an outside story on the coach's . Their performance secured the team a place in the Rose Bowl, where they would beat Utah to win their first Rose Bowl since 1995,[34] ending the season 112. James Franklin, a 28-year football coaching veteran, was appointed Penn States 16th head football coach on January 11, 2014 and enters his 13th season as a collegiate head coach. Penn State finished the season No. color:#091F40; In 2008, he returned to Maryland as the offensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and head coach in waiting. Following a blowout 41-17 loss to the Michigan Wolverines Saturday, Penn State head coach James Franklin addressed the media. Interestingly, Fleck is 1-3 against top ten teams with the Gophers, but all four opponents were ranked in the top five. Franklin did come into Happy Valley already carrying an 0-5 record, but since arriving, hes lost 15 of 17 opportunities against top ten teams. The dinner raised over $287,600 for endowed scholarships at Penn State. Parsons was the first sophomore to win Big Ten Linebacker of the Year. Undefeated. Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic . Matches (15) IPL 2023 (3) Premier Cup (1) County DIV1 (2) County DIV2 (3) [12] Franklin was the first African American to be head coach of a major sport at Vanderbilt, and the third to be a head football coach in the Southeastern Conference (after Sylvester Croom, formerly at Mississippi State, and former Kentucky head coach Joker Phillips).[13]. 6-3 since 2019, 11-10 since 2016. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. James Franklin went 1-8 against Vanderbilt. Over the last 20 games during the 2012-13 seasons, the Commodores 16-4 record was second-best in the SEC to Alabamas 17-3 mark. Penn State had three second-team All-Americans in Porter, offensive lineman Olumuyiwa Fashanu and cornerback Kalen King. James Franklin Offers Little Clarity After Devastating Ohio State Loss In Franklin's first season at the helm, the Nittany Lions finished with a 7-6 record after defeating Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl. Prior to Franklins arrival, the Commodores average class rank was 64.6 since 2000 (based on 247Sports composite). It was Penn States highest finish in the polls since 2005. In February 2015, Franklin was the lone college head coach among the speakers and panelists at the prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. Bowl Record: 11 Games, 6-5, .545 Win% (at major schools) 11 Washington in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Penn State football: These Franklin apologists are killing me Franklin and former Nittany Lion head coach Bill OBrien (running backs) were Maryland assistant coaches in 2003 and 2004 under Friedgen. 1-ranked recruits in their respective states (Brandon Smith, Adisa Issac and Sal Wormley). Additional information about this arrest can be found below. 12 according to ESPN.com, No. James Franklin Record (June 21, 1861 - 1935) was a pastor, school teacher, and President of Pikeville Collegiate Institute, and later Pikeville College.