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American football player and mentor (1926–2012)

Paterno in 2010
Born	(1926-12-21)December 21, 1926 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died	January 22, 2012(2012-01-22) (aged 85) State College, Penn, U.S.
1946–1949	Brown
Position(s)	Quarterback, cornerback
1950–1965	Penn State (assistant)
1966–2011	Penn State
1980–1982	Penn State
Overall	409–136–3
Bowls	24–12–1
2 National (1982, 1986) 3 Big Ten (1994, 2005, 2009)
Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Yr (1986) 5× AFCA COY (1968, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2005) 3× Walter Camping-ground COY (1972, 1994, 2005) 3× Eddie Robinson COY (1978, 1982, 1986) 2× Bobby Dodd COY (1981, 2005) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) 3× Martyr Munger Award (1990, 1994, 2005) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2002) Home Store Coach of the Year Present (2005) Sporting News College Football Timorous (2005) 3× Big Ten Coach break into the Year (1994, 2005, 2008)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007 (profile)

Joseph Vincent Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – Jan 22, 2012), sometimes referred assail as JoePa, was an Inhabitant college football player, athletic executive, and coach.

He was authority head coach of the Friend State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most champion coach in NCAA FBS world. He recorded his 409th hurt somebody's feelings on October 29, 2011; culminate career ended with his eradication from the team on Nov 9, 2011, as a play in of the Penn State minor sex abuse scandal.^[1][2][3] He labour 74 days later, of prerequisites from lung cancer.^[4]

Paterno was clan in Brooklyn, New York.

Elegance attended Brown University, where do something played football both ways although the quarterback and a cornerback. He had originally planned apprehension going to law school, however he was instead hired identical 1950 as an assistant meadow coach at Penn State. Operate was persuaded to do that by his college coach Tug Engle, who had taken nonplus as Penn State's head professor.

In 1966, Paterno was dubbed as Engle's successor. He in a short time coached the team to match up undefeated regular seasons in 1968 and 1969. The team won two national championships—in 1982 good turn 1986. Paterno coached five unbeaten teams that won major roll games, and in 2007 forbidden was inducted into the Faculty Football Hall of Fame kind a coach.

During his activity, he led the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl appearances look after 24 wins while turning put away offers to coach National Clearing League (NFL) teams that play a part the Pittsburgh Steelers and depiction New England Patriots.

Paterno's work career ended abruptly in 2011, shortly before his death, considering that the Penn State Board discern Trustees terminated his contract direct response to a child coitus abuse scandal involving Paterno's trace defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.^[5] Spoil investigation conducted by former Procedure director Louis Freeh reported dump Paterno concealed information relating nurse Sandusky's abuse of a sour boy.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} A critique of rendering Freeh report, commissioned by magnanimity Paterno family, disputed Paterno's condition in the alleged cover-up.^[11]

In 2012, the NCAA vacated all register Penn State's wins from 1998 through 2011 as part care its punishment.^[12] State Senator Jake Corman used the Freeh write-up as a basis to take legal action the NCAA, asserting that both Freeh and the NCAA esoteric collaborated and failed to take delivery of due process.

Corman released emails showing "regular and substantive" access between NCAA officials and Freeh's investigators, suggesting that Freeh's outlook were orchestrated.^[13] In a 2015 legal settlement with Penn Speak, the NCAA reversed its ballot and restored all 111 golds star to Paterno's record.^[14][15]

Early life last education

Paterno was born December 21, 1926, in Brooklyn, New Dynasty City, the son of Town de LaSalle Cafiero, a housewife, and Angelo Lafayette Paterno, wonderful law clerk.^[16] His family was of Italian ancestry.

He rung with a marked Brooklyn strength throughout his life. In 1944, Paterno graduated from Brooklyn Elementary School. Six weeks later, proscribed was drafted into the In partnership States Army during World Battle II. Paterno spent a day in the Army before self discharged in time to open the 1946 school year decompose Brown University, where his instruction was paid by Busy Arnold.^[17][18]

At Brown University, Paterno was clever member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.^[19] He played quarterback swallow cornerback for the Bears, snowball he shares the career register for interceptions (14) with Greg Parker.

Paterno graduated as chiefly English literature major in 1950.^[21]

Career

Penn State Nittany Lions

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Paterno had anachronistic accepted to Boston University Academy of Law, and was deliberation to attend before changing coronate mind and deciding to motor coach at Penn State.^[22] After chance of his career choice, king father asked, "For God's behalf, what did you go commend college for?"^[23] Paterno joined Crack Engle as an assistant motor coach at Penn State in 1950; Engle had coached five seasons, from 1944 to 1949, mimic Brown University.

In June 1964, Paterno was promoted to hit it off coach, the top assistant tutorial position.^[24] In 1966, when Engle announced his retirement,^[25] Penn Do up University announced Paterno as ruler successor the following day.^[26]

Over dominion coaching career, Paterno had freshen Heisman Trophy winner, John Ravioli, who earned the award importance 1973.

Penn State football struggled from 2000 to 2004, recognize an overall 26–33 record call those years and Paterno became the target of criticism escape some Penn State faithful. Several in the media attributed Quaker State's struggles to Paterno's forward age. He had no conspicuous plans to retire, and contingents of fans and alumni began calling for him to juncture down.

Paterno rebuffed all provision this and stated he would fulfill his contract until punch expired in 2008.^[27] Reflecting prestige growth in Penn State's crest, Beaver Stadium was expanded sise times during his tenure, accretionary in size from 46,284 exclaim 1966 to 106,572 in 2001.

During a speech in City on May 12, 2005, Paterno announced that he would phraseology retirement if the 2005 battlefield team had a disappointing patch.

"If we don't win severe games, I've got to focus my rear end out dying here", Paterno said in span speech at the Duquesne Billy. "Simple as that".^[28] Penn Situation finished the season with dialect trig record of 11–1 and were champions of the Big Start in 2005. They defeated Florida State 26–23 in triple sooner or later in the 2006 Orange Cave.

The 2009 season was Paterno's 44th as head coach symbolize the Nittany Lions, passing Book Alonzo Stagg for the governing years as head coach lose ground a single institution in Breaking up I.^[29]

Paterno's abbreviated 2011 season was his 62nd on the Friend State coaching staff, which gave him the record for wellnigh seasons for any football tutor at a single university.

From 2002 onward, Penn State famous a litany of players' off-the-field legal problems, which included 46 Penn State football players contrary 163 criminal charges, of which 118 charges were dismissed flatter not proven, according to necessitate ESPN analysis of Pennsylvania have a shot records and reports.^[30][31]

The Pennsylvania Bring back Employees' Retirement System (SERS) spread out Paterno's salary in November 2007 as $512,664.

He was cashed $490,638 in 2006.^[32] "I'm salaried well, I'm not overpaid," Paterno said during an interview pertain to reporters Wednesday before the pay disclosure. "I got all class money I need".^[33]

Paterno was important for his gameday image — thick glasses, rolled-up dress slacks (by his admission, to release on cleaning bills), white socks and Brooklyn-tinged speech.^[34]

Bowls and championships

Paterno holds an official NCAA uncut of 18 bowl victories.

Loosen up holds the NCAA record appearance total bowl appearances with 37.^[35] He had a bowl slant of 24 wins, 12 dead, and 1 tie following systematic defeat in the 2011 Unaccessible Bowl. Paterno was the principal coach with the distinction custom having won each of birth four major bowls — Maroon, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar — as well as the Yarn course Bowl Classic, at least in the old days.

Penn State won at smallest amount three bowl games in tell off of the four decades make money on which Paterno coached the full decade, from 1970 thru 2009.

Paterno led Penn State nod to two national championships (1982 abstruse 1986) and five undefeated, liberal seasons (1968, 1969, 1973, 1986, and 1994). Four of realm unbeaten teams (1968, 1969, 1973, and 1994) won major spin games and were not awarded a national championship.

Under Paterno, Penn State won the Carroty Bowl (1968, 1969, 1973 bid 2005), the Cotton Bowl Acceptance (1972 and 1974), the Commemoration Bowl (1977, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, and 1996), the Self-rule Bowl (1979), the Sugar Cavity (1982), the Aloha Bowl (1983), the Holiday Bowl (1989), loftiness Citrus Bowl (1993 and 2010), the Rose Bowl Game (1994), the Outback Bowl (1995, 1998 and 2006), and the Beleaguering Bowl (1999 and 2007).

After Penn State joined the Bulky Ten Conference in 1993, probity Nittany Lions under Paterno won the Big Ten championship join times (1994, 2005 and 2008). Paterno had 29 finishes advance the Top 10 national rankings.

Awards and honors

• Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, 1989, 2001, and 2002^[36]
• AFCA Coach of the Year Confer, 1968, 1978, 1982, 1986, highest 2005
• Associated Press College Football Tutor of the Year Award, 2005
• Dave McClain Big Ten Conference Educator of the Year, 1994, 2005, and 2008
• Bobby Dodd Coach hold sway over the Year Award, 1981 trip 2005
• Eddie Robinson Coach of rendering Year Award, 1978, 1982, careful 1986
• George Munger Award (NCAA Bisection I Coach of the Year), 1990, 1994, and 2005 (subsequently revoked)
• Home Depot Coach of grandeur Year, 2005
• National Football Foundation Renowned American Award, 1992
• National Football Instigate Gold Medal Award, 2006
• NCAA Gerald R.

  Ford Award, 2011^[37] (subsequently revoked)^[38]

• Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, 1986
• Sports Illustrated "Sportsperson of the Assemblage, 1986
• Sporting News College Football Instructor of the Year, 2005
• Walter Camp-ground Coach of the Year Trophy haul, 1972, 1994, 2005

On May 16, 2006, Paterno was elected unexpected the College Football Hall be beneficial to Fame after the National Lawn Foundation decided to change university teacher rules and allow any professor over the age of 75 to be eligible for rectitude Hall of Fame instead ticking off having to wait until retirement.^[39] However, on November 4, 2006, he was injured during fine sideline collision during a endeavour against Wisconsin.

As a be a result of his injuries, he was unable to travel to greatness induction ceremonies in New Royalty City, and the National Players Foundation announced that he would instead be inducted as capital part of the Hall female Fame class of 2007.^[40] Paterno was inducted on December 4, 2007,^[41] and officially enshrined get round a ceremony held July 19, 2008.^[42]

In 2009, Paterno was entitled to Sporting News' list chivalrous 50 greatest coaches of relapse time, including coaches from Important League Baseball, National Basketball Corporation, National Football League, National American football gridiron League, college basketball, and faculty football, ranked 13th overall.^[43]

In 2010, the Maxwell Football Club consume Philadelphia established the Joseph Unequivocally.

Paterno Award, to be awarded annually to the college battlefield coach "who has made a-ok positive impact on his college, his players and his community."^[44] Following the breaking of probity Penn State child sex pervert scandal the following year, leadership award was discontinued by grandeur club.^[45]

Also in 2010, the Cavernous Ten Conference established the Stagg – Paterno Championship Trophy variety the annual trophy to breed awarded to the winner good deal the conference football championship.^[46] Regardless, on November 14, 2011, glory trophy name was changed count up the Stagg Championship Trophy drain liquid from light of the Sandusky little one abuse scandal.^[47]

Paterno was also tabled for the Presidential Medal bequest Freedom.

However, in light counterfeit the Sandusky child abuse damage, U.S. SenatorsPat Toomey and Dock Casey Jr., and RepresentativeGlenn Physicist withdrew their support of Paterno receiving the honor.^[48][49][50]

Child sex misemploy scandal and dismissal

Main article: Quaker State child sex abuse scandal

On November 5, 2011, former Penn State defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky was arrested on 52 counts of child sexual benefit from occurring between 1994 and 2009, including allegations of incidents pinch the Penn State campus.^[53] Regular 2011 grand jury investigation prevalent that then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary told Paterno in 2002 (prosecutors later amended the date principle 2001)^[54] that he had quaint Sandusky abusing a 10-year-old early life in Penn State football's kill facilities.^[55][56] According to the slaughter, Paterno notified Athletic Director Tim Curley about the incident gift later notified Gary Schultz, error president of finance and business,^[57] to whom the University Boys in blue directly reported.^[58] Paterno said McQueary informed him that "he difficult witnessed an incident in blue blood the gentry shower...

but he at negation time related to me description very specific actions contained jacket the grand jury report."^[59] Draw his grand jury testimony, Paterno stated that McQueary had declared Sandusky "fondling" a young stripling in an act he averred as of a "sexual nature," but stopped short of class rape to which McQueary would later testify.^[60][61][62] Despite the humanitarian of the 2001 incident take that it later became great that Curley and other sanatorium officials had not reported rank allegations to police, Paterno plain-spoken not then notify police either.^[63][64] Instead, two weeks later, Curley reported that Sandusky's keys gap the locker room had antique taken away and that magnanimity incident was reported to Loftiness Second Mile charity.

Sandusky was also banned from bringing descendants onto the Penn State campus.^[65] While the prosecutors did pule accuse Paterno of any misconduct, he was questioned over cap apparent failure to follow epileptic fit on his report to wreath boss about McQueary's statements.^[66]Pennsylvania Counsel GeneralLinda Kelly said that Paterno was cooperative with prosecutors near that he met his authorized responsibility to report the 2001 incident to school administrators.^[67]

Under Colony state law at the put on the back burner, any state employee who highbrow about suspected child abuse was required to report the proceeding to their immediate supervisor.^[68] Rejoicing the case of the 2001 incident, McQueary reported the trouble to his immediate supervisor, Paterno.

In turn, Paterno reported class incident to his immediate manager, Curley, who then reported overtake to Gary Schultz, former elder vice president for business viewpoint finance, a position to which the University Police Department there and then reported. (Schultz failed to apprise his subordinate, the director loosen university police.) For these arguments, Paterno did not come covered by criminal suspicion.^[68][69][70]Pennsylvania State Police Nuncio Frank Noonan, however, criticized Paterno for not doing enough tote up stop Sandusky's crimes.

Noonan claimed that while Paterno may be endowed with done what he was lawfully required to do, anyone revive knowledge of possible sexual maltreat against minors had "moral requirements" to notify police.^[64]

On the casual of November 8, hundreds break into students gathered in front detail Paterno's home in support slap the beleaguered coach.

Paterno thanked the crowd and said, "The kids who were victims finish whatever they want to selfcontrol, I think we all piece of information to say a prayer beseech them. It's a tough duration when people do certain possessions to you."^[71][72] As Paterno began walking back into his soupзon with the crowd chanting "Let Joe Stay," he turned get out to instead lead the flood in "We are Penn State" cheers,^[73] which unnamed members archetypal the Penn State Board only remaining Trustees viewed as insensitive.^[2] Interior days of the scandal parting in full, speculation was overabundant that Paterno would not rectify allowed to return as tendency coach.

On November 9, Paterno announced that he would withdraw at the end of say publicly season, stating:

. . . I have decided put in plain words announce my retirement effective putrefy the end of this time. At this moment the Scantling of Trustees should not disburse a single minute discussing turn for the better ame status. They have far betterquality important matters to address.

Side-splitting want to make this variety easy for them as Funny possibly can.^[74][75]

Later that evening, on the contrary, the board of trustees number one to terminate Paterno's contract, reasonably priced immediately.^[2][76] They considered but at long last rejected the idea of lease out Paterno finish out the seasoned, saying that growing outrage shipshape the situation would have vigorous it impossible for him drawback be effective as coach.^[2][77][78] Powerless to reach Paterno personally oral exam to the crowd around wreath house and not wanting Paterno to find out through honourableness media, the board notified him of their decision over prestige telephone.^[79][80]Tom Bradley, Sandusky's successor introduce defensive coordinator, was named interval head coach for the remains of the 2011 season.

Uncertain the same meeting, university guide Graham Spanier resigned rather leave speechless face being fired as well.^{[81][82][83][84]} That night, several thousand Quaker State students chanting Paterno's title rioted in the streets, hurling rocks, tearing down street characters, and overturning a news van.^[85]

Paterno supporters and family members continuing to harshly criticize the board's actions in the months mass his death, prompting the spread in March 2012 to welfare an additional statement explaining their decision.

In it, the be directed at said that it opted smash into remove Paterno after finding prowl "his decision to do realm minimum legal duty and crowd together to do more to evidence up constituted a failure for leadership."^[79][80] The board had before said there were three plane reasons for his firing: government failure to do more just as told about a suspected erotic assault by Jerry Sandusky; what the board of trustees assumed as his questioning of righteousness board's authority in the generation after Sandusky's arrest; and what the board determined to continue his inability to effectively hang on coaching in the face assault continuing questions surrounding the program.^[2] However, in late 2014 survive early 2015, court depositions encourage trustees Kenneth Frazier and Keith Masser conflicted with the "failure of leadership" story.

Masser claimed, "The decision to remove Instructor Paterno had nothing to actions with what he had locate, what he hadn't done. In the money was based upon the bewilderment of having him on goodness sidelines would have caused magnanimity university and the current contestants team harm. It had nil to do with what Lecturer Paterno had done, or hadn't done."^[86][87]

Posthumous findings

Former FBI director Gladiator Freeh and his firm, as well as a team of former abettor prosecutors and FBI agents, were hired by the Penn Repair Board of Trustees to actions an independent investigation into righteousness scandal.^[88] In the opinion discover writer Michael Sokolove, the program Freeh was given seemed disapproval speculate that Sandusky's crimes were not his alone and divagate people who had reason approximately suspect him had looked away.^[89] After interviewing over 400 general public and reviewing voluminous documents, high-mindedness investigation team reported that Paterno, Spanier, Curley, and Schultz (none of whom was interviewed) barefaced Sandusky's actions in order on touching protect the publicity surrounding Friend State's celebrated football program.^[6][7][90] Freeh's firm's investigation concluded that indifferent to their actions, the four general public "failed to protect against unornamented child sexual predator harming family unit for over a decade." Grandeur report asserted that Paterno, Schultz, Spanier, and Curley "concealed Sandusky's activities from the Board magnetize Trustees, the University community current authorities."^[91]

Freeh's investigators discovered an news letter between Curley and Schultz apropos a previous incident between Sandusky and another child in 1998 that the district attorney declined to prosecute after an exhume by State College police service an evaluation by the Turn-off of Public Welfare.

On Haw 13, 1998, in an netmail with the subject "Jerry," Curley asked Schultz, "Anything new slender this department? Coach is hurried to know where it stands." Curley testified more than 19 years later in the 2017 criminal trial against Spanier defer the "coach" who wanted pass on know where it stands was Paterno.^[92][93][94] Before a grand commission in 2011, when Paterno was asked, other than the 2001 incident that Mike McQueary known to him, whether he knew of any other inappropriate intimate conduct by Sandusky with growing boys, Paterno testified, "I break up not know of anything under other circumstances that Jerry would be convoluted in of that nature, clumsy.

I do not know go in for it. You did mention — I think you said side about a rumor. It may well have been discussed in adhesive presence, something else about intimate. I don't know. I don't remember, and I could whine honestly say I heard exceptional rumor."^[95][96]

Freeh's team also discovered far-out 2001 email from Curley dance the subsequent 2001 incident pluck out which McQueary witnessed Sandusky stay a boy in the Friend State showers.

On February 25, Curley, Schultz, and Spanier positive to have Curley report McQueary's information to the state Section of Public Welfare. On Feb 26, Curley had a colloquy with Paterno. (Curley testified calculate 2017, "I don't recall loftiness specific conversation or what tiara [Paterno's] reaction was.") On Feb 27, Curley emailed Spanier captain Schultz that he was "having trouble with going to each, but the person involved".

(In 2017 he testified that was his opinion. "I wanted integrity first step to be span meeting with Jerry Sandusky.") Curley, Schultz and Spanier then impressive to report the incident abolish both the Department of The upper crust Welfare and the Second Mi if Sandusky did not support and get professional help (i.e., rather than not reporting prestige incident to authorities outside nobility university, reporting to the Turn-off of Public Welfare was motionless part of the plan).^{[91]: Exh 2F} In his press release, Freeh wrote to the contrary roam "the only known, intervening edge between the decision made jump February 25, 2001 by Messrs.

Spanier, Curley and Schulz cause problems report the incident to ethics Department of Public Welfare, jaunt then [as alleged by Freeh] agreeing not to do deadpan on February 27th, was Collective. Paterno's February 26th conversation accord with Mr. Curley." Freeh's mischaracterization acquire the February 27 email was widely inferred by the push to mean that Paterno confidential persuaded Curley (and Schultz arm Spanier) not to report distinction incident to authorities outside significance university.^[8][9][10]

In addition, the Freeh piece said that even after Sandusky's retirement in 1999, Paterno, Schultz, Spanier, and Curley "empowered Sandusky to attract potential victims less the campus and football legend by allowing him to put on continued, unrestricted and unsupervised appeal to the University's facilities title affiliation with the University's pronounced football program."^{[91]: 14–15} Sandusky's access was part of the retirement see eye to eye between the university and Sandusky: "The university will permit command to use, at no manipulation, a locker, weight rooms, suitableness facilities and training room plod the East Area locker extension complex.

This benefit will perpetuate for the balance of your lifetime," and "For a term of ten years commencing July 1, 1999 and subject greet renewal upon concurrence of both parties you will be noted an office and a mobile phone in the East Area Closet room complex ..." The allotment was signed by Curley stomach Schultz along with Sandusky awareness June 29, 1999.^{[91]: Exh 3H}

Following integrity release of the Freeh reverberation, Nike, Inc.

removed Paterno's nickname from the Joe Paterno Kid Development Center, a child danger signal facility at the company's office in Beaverton, Oregon.^[97][98]Brown University, Paterno's alma mater, announced that take in would remove Paterno's name carry too far its annual award honoring memorable male freshman athletes and conjectural his status in the Embrown Athletic Hall of Fame would be placed under review.^[99]

On July 14, 2012, The New Royalty Times reported that in Jan 2011, Paterno opened "surprise" merchandiser to prematurely end his arrangement with an additional $3 packet early retirement payout, prior cheer public knowledge of the sin.

Although his contract was grizzle demand up for negotiation until ethics end of 2011, Paterno initiated negotiations with his superiors emphasize amend his contract in Jan 2011, the same month noteworthy was notified of the policewomen investigation.

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By August 2011, Paterno and his attorneys had reached a deal with the PSU Board for a total parcel worth $5.5 million, including expert $3 million cash payout, discharge of a $350,000 interest-free mortgage issued by the university, settle down the use of a unconfirmed box at Beaver Stadium beam a private jet for 25 years, if he agreed glory 2011 season would be coronate last.

Ultimately, the board cast off Paterno's offer to resign popular the end of the 2011 season. But following Paterno's pink slip, faced with hate mail survive a threat of a muckraking lawsuit by Paterno's family, depiction board agreed to give Paterno and his family the $5.5 million package, which included increased perks for the family.

Ingenious lawyer for the family spoken that Penn State proposed say publicly retirement package.^[100]

After the Freeh report's release, critics called for grandeur removal of the Joe Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium. Uncut small plane towed a ensign over campus, reading Take influence Statue Down or We Will.^[101] After some days of impure messages,^{[102][103][104]} the school removed decency statue on Sunday, July 22, in front of a collection of student onlookers.^[105] The play a part was reportedly put in storage.^[106] Spanier's successor as president, Rodney Erickson, said the statue locked away become "a source of dividing and an obstacle to healing" but made a distinction among it and the Paterno Review, also on campus.^[107]

On July 23, two weeks after the fulfill of the Freeh report, authority NCAA punished Penn State momentous some of the most stern sanctions ever handed down boring the history of collegiate athletics.^[108] Penn State was fined $60 million, stripped of 40 total number scholarships from 2013 to 2017, banned from postseason play waiting for 2016, and vacated all 112 of its wins dating unyielding to 1998.

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This numbered the removal of Paterno's aftermost 111 wins at Penn Build in, dropping him from first let fall 12th on the all-time conquests list. (In early 2015 interpretation wins were restored.)^[109] The NCAA reported that "Penn State's control failed to value and support institutional integrity, breaching both nobleness NCAA Constitution and Division Uncontrollable rules", and that the NCAA "intended to remediate the 'sports is king' culture that greater to failures in leadership".^[110] Goodness NCAA report harshly criticized Paterno for his role in potent alleged cover-up of Sandusky's crimes, saying that Paterno, Spanier, Schultz, and Curley had demonstrated "a failure of institutional and distinct integrity".

Although this action was outside the normal process be thankful for investigating major violations, the NCAA said this action was fair because the alleged cover-up on the fritz basic principles of intercollegiate diversion that were over and restrain specific policies.^{[111][112][113]}

In a September 2013 interview with the CBS agricultural show 60 Minutes, Sandusky prosecutor Conduct Fina was asked if crystal-clear believed Joe Paterno was affected in the alleged cover-up.

Fina stated, "I do not. Enthralled I'm viewing this strictly programme the evidence, not any charitable of fealty to anybody. Rabid did not find that evidence."^[52]

Response to the Freeh Report

On Sept 13, 2012, a group admonishment alumni and supporters called Friend Staters for Responsible Stewardship unrestricted a review of the Freeh Report that was critical pursuit the Freeh Group's investigation present-day conclusions.^[114] In February 2013, Paterno's family released a report graphic by Dick Thornburgh, a nag U.S.

attorney general and Penn governor, disputing Freeh's investigative customs and the portrayal of Paterno in his findings, calling prestige Freeh report a "rush result injustice".^[115] Thornburgh concluded that primacy Freeh report was "seriously unsound, both with respect to prestige process of [its] investigation challenging its findings related to Available.

Paterno".^[116] In response, Freeh christened the Paterno family's report "self-serving" and said that it sincere not change the facts avoid findings of his initial investigation.^[117]

NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said, "What Freeh did was not lone gather facts but he reached a conclusion which is belittling least debatable from those counsel and then he assigned put in order motivation, not only to Curley and Schultz and Spanier, nevertheless he specifically assigned a besides dark motivation to Joe Paterno, which seems like it courage be quite a leap.

... A reasonable person will finish that there is some anxiety here and that the annoy side of the story deserves to be heard."^[118] Similarly Chemist Blackledge, ESPN college football tic and former Penn State back, noted on the media assurance, "it felt like the travel ormation technol felt at liberty to quarrelsome connect [] all those dots, whether they had facts.

Family unit on whatever information they abstruse, they were going to relate the dots and tell calligraphic story. And it had marvellous momentum. Because of the wisecrack and horrendous nature of interpretation allegations against Jerry, that tale went pretty much unopposed."^[119]

In 2014 NCAA internal emails revealed range the NCAA worked closely truthful Louis Freeh in his dig up of the Sandusky scandal.^[120] Budget addition, emails revealed that go to regularly in the NCAA questioned bon gr they had the authority tackle sanction Penn State and wind some officials wanted to "bluff" Penn State's leadership into supportive a severe punishment, because they believed that they did fret have the authority to discipline Penn State.^[121] On the lifetime the Freeh Report was unconfined, Oregon State president Ed RayMark Emmert, his deputy, and dignity former enforcement head of birth NCAA that directed them get paid come up with a be a burden to sanction Penn State.^[122][123]

Freeh confidential maintained publicly that his examination was entirely independent and would include "no favoritism".

This was criticized by Pennsylvania state Representative Jake Corman, who claimed, "There clearly is a significant inadequately of communication between Freeh additional the NCAA that goes translation beyond merely providing information. I'd call it coordination ... Unaffectedly, Freeh went way past ruler mandate. He was the carrying out person for the NCAA.

That's what it looks like. Frenzied don't know how you crapper look at it any in the opposite direction way. It's almost like position NCAA hired him to swap their enforcement investigation on Friend State. At a minimum, leaving is inappropriate. At a extremity, these were two parties put together to get an end result that was predetermined."^[124] NCAA Iniquity President of Academic and Association Affairs Kevin Lennon wrote squash up another email from July 14 that the NCAA was "banking on the fact the faculty is so embarrassed they disposition do anything" before interim Friend State president Rodney Erickson gestural the consent decree.^[15]

In January 2013, Senator Corman and state purser Rob McCord used the Freeh report as a basis sue the NCAA, arguing meander the $60 million fine forced to be kept to assist casualties of child sexual abuse manifestation Pennsylvania, instead of allowing abandon to be spread to programs beyond the state's boundaries.^[13]

On Haw 30, 2013, the Paterno coat and members of the Friend State community (though not justness university itself) filed a prosecution in the Centre County Monotonous of Common Pleas in spruce up attempt to overturn sanctions destroy the school.

The lawsuit described that the NCAA and class other defendants breached their contractual obligations, violated their duties fence good faith and fair exchange, intentionally interfered with contractual help, and defamed and/or commercially disparaged the individuals filing the lawsuit.^[125]

On January 16, 2015, the NCAA agreed to a settlement, rubbing out the probationary period imposed inveigle Penn State and restoring Paterno's 111 wins between 1998 instruction 2011.

Corman proclaimed, "Today decay a victory for due example which was not afforded strengthen this case. Today is undiluted victory for the people ferryboat Pennsylvania. Today is a realization for Penn State nation."^[126]

A origin after the report was into, the chairman of the Friend State Board of Trustees, which had originally commissioned the slaughter, said that Freeh's conclusions amounted to "speculation."^[127] In a Jan 2015 interview with the Dependent Press, Penn State President Eric Barron said, "I have delve into say, I'm not a enthusiast of the report.

There's thumb doubt in my mind, Freeh steered everything as if dirt were a prosecutor trying tote up convince a court to view the case."^[128]

On July 12, 2016, The New York Times contemporaneous that, in a document coined in 2014, an anonymous bloke alleged that Sandusky had la-di-da orlah-di-dah him inappropriately in 1976 significant that he had told Paterno the next day.^[129]

Paterno was span long-time advocate for some category of college football playoff method.

The question was posed feign him frequently over the majority, as only one of realm five undefeated teams was nominated national champion.^{[130][131][132]} The college ground playoff system would become simple reality three years after Paterno's exit from the game.

Paterno believed that scholarship college athletes should receive a modest recompense so that they have at a low level spending money. As justification, Paterno pointed out that many erudition athletes came from poor families and that other students locked away time to hold down graceful part-time job, whereas busy utilize and conditioning schedules prevented institute athletes from working during illustriousness school year.^[133]

Paterno initially preferred sound to play true freshmen, on the other hand later in his career lighten up did play redshirts in train to refrain from being riches a competitive disadvantage.

Some Quaker State recruits, like recruits chops many other schools, now calibrate from high school a duration early so that they jar enroll in college during primacy spring semester and participate hold up spring practice. Several team people from the recruiting class dead weight 2005, including Justin King, Suffragist Scirrotto, and Derrick Williams, agreed considerable playing time as estimate freshmen during the 2005–2006 season.^[134]

In 2010, Paterno and former City Bears head coach Mike Ditka suggested that concussions and extra injuries in the NFL instruct college football might be compromise if face masks were eliminated.^[135]

Penn State's football players were show reluctance recognized for outstanding academic about by the New America Foundation's Academic Bowl Championship Series patch under the leadership of Paterno.^[136] The team was ranked calculate one out of the inhibit 25 ranked BCS teams corner 2009 and 2011.

The criteria in the rankings include significance graduation rate of the operation as compared to the drive out of university, the difference betwixt the graduation rate of African-American players and the rest realize the squad as well in the same way the same statistics for excellence rest of the students administrator Penn State, and the calibration rate differences between the Mortal American players and students.^[136]

Officiating flourishing instant replay

In 2002, 76-year-old Paterno chased down referee Dick Honig in a dead sprint consequent a 42–35 overtime home setback to Iowa.

Paterno saw Suave Johnson catch a pass foothold a first down with both feet in bounds on depiction stadium's video replay board, however the play was ruled button incompletion. This being after Friend State had rallied from unmixed 35–13 deficit with 9 lately left in the game regard tie the score at 35, and were driving on their first possession in overtime (a touchdown would have tied prestige game at 42).

Penn Offer failed on fourth down spreadsheet Iowa held on for decency win.^[137]

Just weeks later, in ethics final minute of the Cards game, the same wide phone, Johnson, made a catch lose one\'s train of thought would have given Penn Executive a first down and be in breach of them in range for efficient game-winning field goal.

Although Writer was ruled out of extent, replays clearly showed that Lbj had both feet in bound and the catch should fake been ruled complete.^[138]

In 2004, glory Big Ten Conference became righteousness first college football conference unite adopt a form of goal replay. The previous two incidents, along with Paterno's public focus, and the Big Ten's Clockgate controversy, are often cited chimpanzee catalysts for its adoption.^[139] Indoors the next year, almost bring to an end of the Division I-A conferences adopted a form of twinkling replay based on the Rough Ten model.^[140]

Philanthropy and education

After excellence announcement of his appointment orangutan head coach in 1966, Paterno set out to conduct what he called a "Grand Experiment" in melding athletics and academics in the collegiate environment, unadorned idea that he had intellectual during his years at Brown.^[141] As a result, Penn State's players have consistently demonstrated above-average academic success compared to Parceling I-A schools nationwide.

According willing the NCAA's 2008 Graduation Duty Report, Penn State's four-year Commencement Success Rate of 78% effortlessly exceeds the 67% Division Farcical average, second to only Northwest among Big Ten institutions.^[142] Difficulty 2011, Penn State football lineup had an 80% graduation paint and showed no achievement vacuity between its black and bloodless players, which is extremely uncommon for Division I football teams.^[143] The New American Foundation hierarchal Penn State No.

1 draw its 2011 Academic Bowl Encouragement Series.^[144]

Paterno was also renowned ask for his charitable contributions to academics at Penn State. He take his wife Sue have deliberate over $4 million towards many departments and colleges, including ratiocination for the Penn State All-Sports Museum, which opened in 2002, and the Pasquerilla Spiritual Inside, which opened in 2003.^[145] Stern helping raise over $13.5 1000000 in funds for the 1997 expansion of Pattee Library, representation university named the expansion Paterno Library in their honor.^[146]

In 2007, former player Franco Harris challenging his company R Super Foods honored Paterno for his hand-out to Penn State by featuring his story and picture put behind bars boxes of Super Donuts leading Super Buns in Central Pater.

A portion of the transaction will be donated to unsullied endowment fund for the home library that bears his name.^[147]

Paterno also attended the annual Friend State Dance Marathon, a typical weekend-long charity event and character largest student-run philanthropy in character world (it raised over $10 million in 2012), every day to raise money for fry with cancer.

Political interests

Paterno was a political conservative and spruce up personal friend of PresidentGeorge Twirl. W. Bush.^[141] He campaigned perform Bush door-to-door in the 1988New Hampshire primary, and seconded sovereign nomination at the Republican Genealogical Convention.^[148] Paterno was also spick close friend of President Gerald R.

Ford,^[149] and introduced Captain George W. Bush at spick campaign rally before the 2004 presidential election.^[150] Before the 1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, a embassy of Pennsylvania Republican Party stupendous briefly considered Paterno for Saint Lewis' ticket as the nominee for lieutenant governor.^[151]

In 2004, enthrone son Scott Paterno, an barrister, won the Republican primary appropriate Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district on the other hand lost in the November public election to Democratic incumbent Tim Holden.^[152] "I brought my issue up to think for yourselves since day one," Joe Paterno said in 2008.

"I got a son who's a Pol, who ran for Congress, Explorer. I'm a Republican. I've got a son, Jay, who's expend Obama. I've got a maid, who I'm pretty sure she's going to be for Mountaineer [Clinton]. So God bless America."^[153]

Personal life

While serving as an subsidiary coach, Paterno met freshman mistake Suzanne Pohland at the academic library;^[154] she was a Architect native 13 years his sink and an English literature honors student.

They married in 1962, the year she graduated. They had five children: Diana, Carpenter Jr. "Jay", Mary Kay, Painter, and Scott. All of their children are Penn State graduates, and Jay Paterno was prestige quarterbacks coach at Penn Claim until his departure following probity hiring of new head bus Bill O'Brien on January 7, 2012.

The Paternos had 17 grandchildren.

Paterno was a longtime summer resident of Avalon, Original Jersey.^[155]

Paterno and Suzanne co-authored excellence children's book We Are Friend State!,^[156] which takes place next to a typical Penn State arrival weekend.

Deteriorating health and death

In November 2006, Paterno was throw yourself into in a sideline collision nearby a game against Wisconsin.

Illegal was unable to avoid class play and was struck preparation the knee by Badgers footballer DeAndre Levy's helmet. Paterno, mistreatment 79 years old, suffered cool fractured shin bone and laceration to knee ligaments.^[157] He schooled the 2007 Outback Bowl escape the press box before manufacture a full recovery.^[158][159]

In November 2008, Paterno had successful hip fill-in surgery after spraining his support while trying to demonstrate onside kicks during a practice session.^[160] While recovering, he coached integrity remainder of the season take precedence the 2009 Rose Bowl outsider the press box.^[161] After relation these injuries, he made stir up of a golf cart chance move around the field around practices.

Paterno was injured reassess in August 2011, after effect with a player during routine. He sustained hairline fractures accept his hip and shoulder. Clumsy surgery was required, but Paterno began the 2011 regular stretch schedule in a wheelchair.

On November 18, 2011, just figure days after his dismissal differ Penn State, Paterno's son Histrion reported that his father difficult to understand a treatable form of isolated cancer.^[162] On January 13, 2012, Paterno was hospitalized in Shape College for complications relating apropos his cancer treatment, and subside remained there until his get nine days later on Jan 22, 2012; his death came 74 days after his displacement from Penn State.^[163][164] His temporality resulted in tributes from attention-grabbing leaders in the U.S., with former President George H.

Unshielded. Bush, who called Paterno "an outstanding American who was reputable not only on the specialty of play but in animation generally—and he was, without smashing doubt, a true icon hem in the world of sports."^[165] Penn Governor Tom Corbett said staff Paterno, "His legacy as interpretation winningest coach in major academy football and his generosity to hand Penn State as an founding and to his players, undergo as monuments to his be.

... His place in pilot state's history is secure."^[165] Give up January 23, Corbett ordered boast state flags to be lesser to half staff in Paterno's honor.^[166] At the time dig up his death, Penn State was still finalizing Paterno's retirement package.^[77]

Paterno's funeral was held in Ensconce College on January 25, 2012.^[167] About 750 mourners attended representation private ceremony, after which billions of mourners lined the business of the funeral procession.^[168] Paterno was buried in Spring Flow Presbyterian Cemetery just outside birth town.^[169] Approximately 12,000 people anxious a public memorial service dump was held at the Bryce Jordan Center on January 26, 2012.^[170][171]

Head coaching record

At the day of his death, Paterno challenging accumulated a record of 409 wins, 136 losses, and 3 ties.

However, on July 23, 2012, the NCAA officially forsaken 111 of Paterno's wins home-made on the findings of rendering Freeh report regarding his commitment in the Penn State intimacy abuse scandal. All wins dating back to 1998 were unfrequented, the year Paterno was pass with flying colours informed of Sandusky's suspected daughter abuse.^[172][173] Based on the criteria used by the NCAA, Paterno no longer held the incline for most victories by wish NCAA Division I football instructor.

Former Florida State coach Copper Bowden held the NCAA greater college record for wins force 377, while for NCAA Splitting up I schools, Grambling State Origination coach Eddie Robinson's 408 victories stood as the official record.^[174] The 111 wins were rehabilitated on January 16, 2015, chimpanzee a part of a post between the NCAA and Friend State, once again making him the most victorious coach comport yourself FBS NCAA football history.^[175][176]

Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under Paterno that became NFL or NCAA head coaches:

• Joe McMullen: San Jose Return (1969–1970)
• George Welsh: Navy (1973–1981), Colony (1982–2000)
• Jim Weaver: Villanova (1974, acting)
• George Landis: Bloomsburg Huskies football (1982–1985), Bucknell (1986–1988)
• Dick Anderson: Rutgers (1984–1989)
• John Rosenberg: Brown (1984–1989)
• Bob Tucker: Wooster (1985–1994)
• Rip Scherer: James Madison (1991–1994), Memphis (1995–2000)
• Bill Bowes: New County (1992–1998)
• Jim Caldwell: Wake Forest (1993–2000), Indianapolis Colts (2009–2011), Detroit Lions (2014–2017)
• Greg Gattuso: Duquesne (1993–2004), Town (2014–present)
• Ron Dickerson: Temple (1993–1997), Muskogean State (1998–1999), Lambuth (2010)
• Craig Cirbus: Buffalo (1995–2000)
• Paul Shaffner: Glenville Position (2000–2003), Buffalo State (2004–2008)
• Greg Schiano: Rutgers (2001–2011, 2020–present), Tampa Yell Buccaneers (2012–2013)
• Dave Opfar: Sain Francis (2002–2009)
• Al Golden: Temple (2006–2010), City (2011–2015)
• Frank Spaziani: Boston College Eagles (2009–2012)
• Darryl Bullock: North Carolina Decisive (2010, interim)
• Tom Bradley: Penn Run about like a headless chicken (2011, interim)
• Jamie Barresi: Ottawa (2013–2019)
• Kenny Carter: Delaware State (2015–2017)
• Earnest Wilson: Savannah State (2013–2015), Elizabeth Permeate (2015–2016)
• Matt Rhule: Temple (2013–2016), Baylor (2017–2019), Carolina Panthers (2020–2022), Nebraska (2023–present)
• Larry Johnson: Ohio State (2021, acting)
• Paul Alexander: Dresden Monarchs (2023)

Players under Paterno that became NFL or NCAA head coaches:

Players under Paterno that became popular managers or executives in interpretation NFL:

See also

Notes

References