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Joseph Vincent Paterno (/ p ə ˈ t ɜːr n oʊ /; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011.
At the pinnacle of his career, Joe Paterno was the winningest coach in the history of collegiate football. As head coach at Pennsylvania State University over 46 seasons between 1966...
The Penn State Board of Trustees commissioned an independent investigation by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, whose report stated that Penn State's longtime head football coach Joe Paterno, along with Spanier, Curley and Schultz, had known about allegations of child abuse by Sandusky as early as 1998, had shown "total and consistent disregard ...
The 68-year-old former coach is in prison, serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. Penn State announced it has settled all issues with the family of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, according...
Locate info about Joe Paterno, head football coach at Pennsylvania State University, and one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his...
Joe Paterno was an American collegiate gridiron football coach, who, as head coach at Pennsylvania State University (1966–2011), was the winningest major-college coach in the history of the sport, with 409 career victories, but whose accomplishments were in many ways overshadowed by a sex-abuse.
In 2011, the public learned of the horrific sexual abuse crimes committed by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Key figures from the most wrenching period in Penn State's history...
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Sunday at the age of 85. The legendary coach's reputation was deeply tarnished after sex abuse charges were filed against a former assistant coach....
He took over as Penn State's head coach 16 years later and in 46 seasons won 409 games—more than any other coach in major college football history—along with two national championships...