Golden, who played at Penn State and was Temple's head coach, still has connections on the Nittany Lions' staff.

Penn State’s high-flying offense will have a major test on Thursday night against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl thanks in ...

Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden was a Penn State captain and almost its head coach. Now he leads the Fighting ...

Al Golden was once a candidate to be Penn State's head coach. Now, Notre Dame's defensive coordinator will try to end the ...

Here's a look back at Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden's ties to Penn State ahead of Thursday's Orange Bowl: ...

Former Hurricanes coach Al Golden leads Notre Dame’s defense against Penn State in the Orange Bowl, which is doubling as the ...

The Irish are slight favorites and relying on their defense to help punch their ticket to the National Championship and Notre Dame Defensive Coordinator Al Golden has a special stake in this game ...

How the Notre Dame defensive coordinator is trying his best put away his Penn State feelings for one important College ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday's Orange Bowl. He'll be coaching against Penn State, ...

Particularly not this week, with Golden back in South Florida for the Orange Bowl and facing sixth-seeded Penn State on ... the "Godfather” nickname was mentioned. “I don’t think Al has any Italian in ...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions will go at it in the College Football Playoffs on Thursday, here's ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday's Orange Bowl. He'll be coaching against Penn State, his alma mater and the school where he was a captain. He'll be coaching ...