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Why Penn State’s James Franklin retained assistant Phil Galiano & other press conference highlights

Penn State football coach James Franklin talks about making an investment with special teams coordinator Phil Galiano during a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.

UNIVERSITY PARK

Special-teams coordinator Phil Galiano appeared to be on the hot seat this offseason after Penn State slid backward in just about every relevant stat category — but head coach James Franklin decided to keep him around.

On Wednesday, Franklin was asked a simple question about the choice to retain him: Why?

It wasn’t a simple response.

“I don’t make decisions just based on one area,” Franklin said.