James Franklin

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Franklin
Occupation	Football Coach
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1972(1972-02-02)
Age	52
Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Aquarius

James Franklin Biography

James Franklin is one of the most popular and richest Football Coach who was born on February 2, 1972 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. Football coach who was hired as the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions in 2014. He was previously the head coach at Vanderbilt and a wide receivers coach with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers.

He coached future Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson as the offensive coordinator at Kansas State University.

James Geoffrey Franklin (born February 2, 1972) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Penn State University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Franklin served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 2011 to 2013.

Franklin began his coaching career in 1995 coaching wide receivers at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The following season, he took over as the coach of the defensive secondary for his alma mater, East Stroudsburg. That year, he was also the offensive coordinator for the Roskilde Kings of the Danish American Football Federation. In 1997, he became wide receivers coach at James Madison, and, the following year, became tight ends coach at Washington State.

He has children named Addy and Shola.

James Franklin Net Worth

James Franklin is one of the richest Football Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Franklin 's net worth $12 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a record-setting quarterback at the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

He led the Vanderbilt Commodores to their first top 25 finish in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches poll since 1948.

Franklin was born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1972, to James Oliver and Jocelyn “Josie” Franklin. He attended Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, and went to college at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, where he played as a quarterback all four years. In that position, he set seven school records and was a Division II player of the year nominee in 1994. Sports Illustrated named him a National Player of the Week that season. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in 1995. Franklin was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at East Stroudsburg.

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Franklin served at Kansas State University as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. He joined head coach Ron Prince as the first coaching staff to follow the legendary Bill Snyder. During his tenure at K-State, Franklin nurtured record setting offensive talent; including the future NFL starters quarterback Josh Freeman and All-America wide receiver Jordy Nelson. Despite impressive wins over a top 5 team and an appearance in the inaugural Texas Bowl, the Wildcat program was a far cry from the title contending teams fielded during the Snyder era. Franklin left the Wildcat coaching staff prior to Ron Prince’s 2008 dismissal, and subsequent return of Coach Bill Snyder.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Football Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Franklin celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.

Vanderbilt considered Franklin a candidate for its head coaching position vacated with the forced resignation of interim coach Robbie Caldwell after the 2010 season. The Washington Post reported other candidates for the job were Al Golden of Temple and Larry Coker of UTSA (and formerly Miami), and that Franklin was not the frontrunner. After Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn turned down the job, Vanderbilt began talks to hire Franklin as its head coach. On December 17, Vanderbilt announced Franklin had been hired as head coach. 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).

What is James Franklin ethnicity?

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).

What race is Penn State coach?

Franklin is one of four current Big Ten coaches (Ryan Day, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh) to have won a Big Ten Championship and became the first African American head coach to win a Big Ten title after Penn State’s 2016 victory. He owns an 91-49 career record, with a winning record in nine of 11 seasons at the helm.

Where did James Franklin go to college?

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

How many wins does James Franklin have at Penn State?

From 2016-19, Franklin led Penn State to 42 wins , the most in program history for the Big Ten era in a four-year span, and 28 league wins, a program record. Franklin has 27 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and NFL level.

How much does the Penn State football coach make?

Total Annual Guaranteed Compensation Simply put, Penn State will be paying James Franklin no less than $7 million on an annual basis for the next decade. Franklin’s contract has a guaranteed annual compensation of $7 million from 2022 through 2031.