James Franklin spoke to the media for the first time briefly while entering the BJC this afternoon.
Penn State's 16th head coach is on the ground in State College.
Now that it's official that James Franklin is our new head coach, former and current players took to Twitter to welcome him to Happy Valley.
Now, with the sudden departure of Bill O'Brien, the 2013-14 Penn State football recruiting class is facing similar adversity. Keeping the recruiting class in tact is always one of the most important challenges with head coaching turnovers, especially with a class as good as the one O'Brien assembled for 2014. While some of the players have remained quiet, many of the 19 incoming players are sticking behind the school during its latest ordeal.
James Franklin is officially the 16th head football coach in Penn State history. While that means a lot of things, the most important thing, of course, is that Franklin's name and likeness are going to be put on corny t-shirts throughout Happy Valley sooner rather than later, because any time a person can be put on a t-shirt in one way or another, it's going to happen. So, as the clothing stories send their BILLieve and O'Brien's Lions shirts off to impoverished countries, it's time to get those Franklin shirts on the presses.
James Franklin grew up and went to school in Pennsylvania, and after years of coaching elsewhere, will return home as head coach of the Penn State football program.