James Franklin will reportedly bring a bevy of people from his staff at Vanderbilt to Happy Valley: defensive coordinator/safeties Bob Shoop, chief-of-staff Jemal Griffin, assistant coach/co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Brent Pry, director of performance enhancement Dwight Galt, offensive recruiting coordinator/wide receivers coach Josh Gattis, and special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Charles Bankins.
It's been less than 24 hours, and James Franklin has already started working his recruiting magic, as two members of the class of 2014 previously committed to Vanderbilt have followed the Nittany Lions' new head coach to Happy Valley.
James Franklin said this afternoon that he hopes to be the head coach of the Penn State football team for a long time. If that's the case, it looks like he will earn quite a lot of money along the way according to a Proposed Financial Term Sheet released by GoPSUSports.com today.
Everyone knew that James Franklin was charismatic. Fewer, perhaps, anticipated his captivating performance an hour in the jam-packed Beaver Stadium media room as he addressed Nittany Nation for the first time.
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.