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Penn State coaching search: Are Matt Rhule, Curt Cignetti the best replacements for James Franklin?

Penn State coaching search: Are Matt Rhule, Curt Cignetti the best replacements for James Franklin?

Update: 2025-10-15
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On their weekly Penn State football podcast, host Adam Bittner and Post-Gazette/Daily Collegian Nittany Lions insider Isaiah Maldonado ponder the top candidates to replace James Franklin as head coach after he was fired Sunday. Will the ties Matt Rhule, Al Golden or D'Anton Lynn have to the program and Joe Paterno years win out? Could successful head coaches with outsider resumes like Eli Drinkwitz, P.J. Fleck and Curt Cignetti have success in Happy Valley? Should fans want to see Franklin-era legacy hires like Joe Brady and/or Manny Diaz make a return? Or would young coordinators like Brian Hartline and Ohio State or Will Stein at Oregon have the most possible upside? Our duo ponders those questions and more.


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Penn State coaching search: Are Matt Rhule, Curt Cignetti the best replacements for James Franklin?

Penn State coaching search: Are Matt Rhule, Curt Cignetti the best replacements for James Franklin?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette