Where is James Franklin From?

James Franklin is the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team representing Penn State University, which competes in the Big Ten conference. Franklin has been the coach of the Nittany Lions since 2014, having previously helmed the Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 2011 to 2013.

He had an overall record of 24 victories against 15 losses at Vanderbilt. Throughout his tenure at Penn State, Franklin has won 99 matches and lost 4111, for a total managerial record of 123–56. Before his career as a head coach, Franklin had multiple stints training quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, and as defensive secondary, and offensive coordinator with different universities.

James Franklin Nationality

James Franklin is an American by nationality. He was born on February 2, 1972, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He began his coaching career in 1995 and trained wide receivers at the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania before switching to coaching defensive secondary at East Stroudsburg, the university where he graduated from.

In the next few years, he worked as a specific coach at Roskilde Kings, James Madison, Washington State, Idaho State, Maryland, Green Bay Packers, and Kansas State. In 2010, Franklin bagged his first senior coach job at Vanderbilt, and then in 2013 at Penn State University.

James Franklin Ethnicity

James Franklin is an African-American by ethnicity. His parents are James Oliver and Jocelyn "Josie" Franklin. He has an English mother and an African-American father, as per State College. The two met when his father was stationed at an Air Force base in Manchester, England.

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James Franklin Birthplace

James Franklin hails from the town of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on February 2, 1972, and attended Neshaminy High School. Franklin began graduation from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. A huge football enthusiast, Franklin competed in football with his college as a quarterback, where he was once also crowned the National Player of the Week. He graduated from there in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in Science in psychology.