Drayton, the former Temple head coach, said he expects to build a 'perfect marriage' with backs Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen.

Stan Drayton began his coaching career in 1993, a former college running back coaching running backs at his alma mater, Allegheny College. He’s been coaching ever since. Drayton, Penn State’s new running backs coach,

There was about three months in between Stan Drayton’s firing at Temple and his acceptance of the running backs coaching job with Penn State, allowing the 53-year-old time to miss football. At his introductory media session on Monday,

Drayton is a coaching veteran who has won three national championships, one as a player, and has head-coaching and NFL experience.

Stan Drayton went 9-25 in three years at Temple before getting fired last November with two games left in the season.

The Nittany Lions are set to hire Stan Drayton to fill the position, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Drayton was most recently the head coach at Temple, but was fired in November during his third season leading the program. He amassed a 9-25 record in his time with the Owls.

The Nittany Lions found its replacement just five days removed from Ja'Juan Seider making a lateral move to coach the running backs position at Notre Dame.