Penn State Coaching Search Hot Board 2.0

After 11 and a half seasons, the James Franklin era has ended for Penn State football. Athletics director Pat Kraft announced his firing on Sunday afternoon after a stunning three-game losing streak ruined long-held expectations for another deep College Football Playoff run.

"We hold our athletics programs to the highest of standards, and we believe this is the right moment for new leadership at the helm of our football program to advance us toward Big Ten and national championships," Kraft said in an official statement.

Longtime Nittany Lions assistant and former Penn State player Terry Smith will take over as interim coach moving forward with six games left in the regular season. He will have a chance to show what he can do as the top leader of this team, and will be counted on to help keep the locker room together during a highly adverse moment.

So what comes next for Penn State and who are the names to know as a new program chapter awaits?

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