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

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

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

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

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 ...

Al Golden, Notre Dame football's defensive coordinator ... “It was just so disturbing,” Golden said Tuesday at Orange Bowl media day. “Not being able to leave the hotel and worried about ...

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

Notre Dame football defensive coordinator Al Golden, speaking before the Orange Bowl against Penn State, on being 'disciplined to a fault.' ...

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

Notre Dame's Mitch Jeter added to his playoff legend with a pair of 41-yard field goals, the second one for the winning ...

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

− Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is doing his best ... This College Football Playoff semifinal in Thursday night's Orange Bowl has brought him back to where he led the Miami ...