Once again, change is in the air for James Franklin and his Penn State football coaching staff.
As first reported by the Centre Daily Times, Sean Spencer is set to leave Penn State to take a job with the NFL’s New York Giants. The specific job he’ll take with the Giants wasn’t detailed.
Spencer has served as the Nittany Lions’ defensive line coach since 2014. He’s also the running-game coordinator and holds the title of associate head coach.
Prior to his time with Penn State, Spencer was Franklin’s line coach at Vanderbilt from 2011-13.
When the move to the NFL comes to fruition, it will be the fourth coaching change for Franklin’s Penn State football staff the past two months.
- In early December, offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne left to take the head job at Old Dominion. Rahne was ultimately replaced by Minnesota’s Kirk Ciarrocca.
- New Year’s Eve day, Penn State football confirmed it was parting ways with offensive line coach Matt Limegrover. Phil Trautwein was hired a few days later to replace Limegrover.
- It was first reported Jan. 10 that wide receivers coach Gerad Parker was leaving to take the offensive coordinator job at West Virginia. A handful of days later, Miami’s Taylor Stubblefield was hired to coach receivers.