Golden, Notre Dame's defensive coordinator, was a Penn State captain and nearly its head coach. Now he'll lead Notre Dame's stout defense vs. the Nittany Lions.

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 ...

This week's trip to South Florida isn't the first homecoming for Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden. He's come back ...

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

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

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 ...

Particularly not this week, with Golden back in South Florida for the Orange Bowl and facing sixth-seeded Penn State on ...

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