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The Penn State coaching search is in full swing after the team fired longtime head coach James Franklin in the midst of a three-game losing streak in the middle of the 2025 season.
Franklin took the Nittany Lions to the College Football Playoff just last season, but the team failed to live up to the preseason hype heading into 2025 when Penn State was expected to make a run at a national title. Instead, a 3-3 start to the season was the final nail in the coffin for Franklin, who struggled to win the most important games on Penn State's schedule.
As Penn State attempts to find Franklin's replacement, the team appears to be casting a decently wide net.
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Current Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden's name popped up in the most recent update from college football insiders Ralph Russo and Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.
"Penn State also has some interest in former Nittany Lion tight end Al Golden, now the Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator," Feldman and Russo wrote. "The 56-year-old Golden turned around a downtrodden Temple program two decades ago and later took the Miami job, but struggled to gain traction there. Before returning to the NFL this year, Golden spent three seasons at Notre Dame and helped Marcus Freeman get the Fighting Irish to the title game last season."
Golden would be a surprise candidate given the Bengals' lack of success on defense this season and his failure to lead Miami back to prominence.
Other candidates mentioned in the article include Georgia Tech's Brent Ket, James Madison's Bob Chesney and top assistant coaches like Oregon offensive coordinator Will Stein and Ohio State's Brian Hartline.
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