Jim Knowles (American football)

Jim Knowles
Current position

Sport(s)	Football
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Duke
Conference	ACC
Biographical details
Born	(1965-04-16) April 16, 1965 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1983–1986	Cornell
Position(s)	Defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988	Cornell (DL)
1989–1994	Cornell (RB)
1995–1996	Cornell (LB/RC)
1997–2000	Western Michigan (DL)
2001–2002	Western Michigan (DC)
2003	Ole Miss (LB/RC)
2004–2009	Cornell
2010–2011	Duke (DC/S)
2012–2014	Duke (DC)
2015–present	Duke (DC/ILB)
Head coaching record
Overall	26–34

Jim Knowles (born April 16, 1965) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Duke University. From 2004 to 2009, he compiled a 26–34 record as head football coach at Cornell University.

A 1987 graduate of Cornell, Knowles was a defensive end on the Big Red football team. He was elected to Cornell's Sphinx Head Society during his senior year, ultimately graduating with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1987.^[1] Prior to receiving the head coach position, Knowles served as an assistant at Cornell, Western Michigan University and the University of Mississippi.

On December 28, 2009, Knowles was named the defensive coordinator at Duke under head coach David Cutcliffe. Knowles had previously served as linebackers coach under Cutcliffe while he was head coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 2003.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (2004–2009)
2004	Cornell	4–6	4–3	3rd
2005	Cornell	6–4	4–3	T–4th
2006	Cornell	5–5	3–4	T–4th
2007	Cornell	5–5	2–5	7th
2008	Cornell	4–6	2–5	T–6th
2009	Cornell	2–8	1–6	8th
Cornell:		26–34	16–26
Total:		26–34

References

↑ "Jim Knowles". Cornell. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
↑ "Jim Knowles". Duke. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

External links

Cornell Big Red head football coaches

No coach (1887–1891)
Carl Johanson (1892–1893)
Marshall Newell (1894–1895)
Joseph Beacham (1896)
Pop Warner (1897–1898)
Percy Haughton (1899–1900)
Raymond Starbuck (1901–1902)
Bill Warner (1903)
Pop Warner (1904–1906)
Henry Schoellkopf (1907–1908)
George Walder (1909)
Daniel A. Reed (1910–1911)
Albert Sharpe (1912–1917)
No team (1918)
John H. Rush (1919)
Gil Dobie (1920–1935)
Carl Snavely (1936–1944)
Edward McKeever (1945–1946)
George K. James (1947–1960)
Tom Harp (1961–1965)
Jack Musick (1966–1974)
George Seifert (1975–1976)
Bob Blackman (1977–1982)
Maxie Baughan (1983–1988)
Jack Fouts (1989)
Jim Hofher (1990–1997)
Pete Mangurian (1998–2000)
Tim Pendergast (2001–2003)
Jim Knowles (2004–2009)
Kent Austin (2010–2012)
David Archer (2013– )

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