Joe Paterno was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011.
56 Facts About Joe Paterno
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Joe Paterno died 74 days later, of complications from lung cancer.
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Joe Paterno attended Brown University, where he played football both ways as the quarterback and a cornerback.
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Joe Paterno had originally planned on going to law school, but he was instead hired in 1950 as an assistant football coach at Penn State.
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Joe Paterno was persuaded to do this by his college coach Rip Engle, who had taken over as Penn State's head coach.
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Joe Paterno soon coached the team to two undefeated regular seasons in 1968 and 1969.
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Joe Paterno coached five undefeated teams that won major bowl games, and in 2007 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach.
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An investigation conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh reported that Joe Paterno concealed information relating to Sandusky's abuse of a young boy.
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Joseph Vincent Joe Paterno was born December 21,1926, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Florence de LaSalle Cafiero, a homemaker, and Angelo Lafayette Joe Paterno, a law clerk.
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Joe Paterno spoke with a marked Brooklyn accent throughout his life.
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Joe Paterno spent a year in the Army before being discharged in time to start the 1946 school year at Brown University, where his tuition was paid by Busy Arnold.
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At Brown, Joe Paterno was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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Joe Paterno played quarterback and cornerback for the Bears, and he shares the career record for interceptions with Greg Parker.
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Joe Paterno had been accepted to Boston University School of Law, and he had planned to attend before deciding to coach at Penn State.
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Joe Paterno was promoted to associate coach, the top assistant, in June 1964, and when Engle announced his retirement in February 1966, Joe Paterno was named his successor the next day.
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Joe Paterno had one Heisman Trophy winner, John Cappelletti, who earned the award in 1973.
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In 1995, Joe Paterno apologized for a tirade directed at Rutgers head coach Doug Graber at the end of a nationally televised game.
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Joe Paterno had no apparent plans to retire, and contingents of fans and alumni began calling for him to step down.
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Joe Paterno rebuffed all of this and stated he would fulfill his contract until it expired in 2008.
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Joe Paterno dismissed the allegations as a "witch hunt", and a radio broadcaster said Joe Paterno chided reporters for asking about problems.
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Joe Paterno holds an official NCAA total of 18 bowl victories.
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Joe Paterno holds the NCAA record for total bowl appearances with 37.
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Joe Paterno had a bowl record of 24 wins, 12 losses, and 1 tie following a defeat in the 2011 Outback Bowl.
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Penn State won at least three bowl games in each of the four decades in which Joe Paterno coached the entire decade, from 1970 thru 2009.
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Joe Paterno led Penn State to two national championships and five undefeated, untied seasons.
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Joe Paterno had 29 finishes in the Top 10 national rankings.
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On May 16,2006, Joe Paterno was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame after the National Football Foundation decided to change its rules and allow any coach over the age of 75 to be eligible for the Hall of Fame instead of having to wait until retirement.
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Joe Paterno was inducted on December 4,2007, and officially enshrined in a ceremony held July 19,2008.
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In 2009, Joe Paterno was named to Sporting News list of the 50 greatest coaches of all time.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said that Joe Paterno was cooperative with prosecutors and that he met his statutory responsibility to report the 2001 incident to school administrators.
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In turn, Joe Paterno reported the incident to his immediate supervisor, Athletic Director Tim Curley, who then reported it to Gary Schultz, former senior vice president for business and finance, a position to which the University Police Department directly reported.
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That night, several thousand Penn State students chanting Joe Paterno's name rioted in the streets, hurling rocks, tearing down street signs, and overturning a news van.
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On July 14,2012, The New York Times reported that in January 2011, Joe Paterno opened "surprise" negotiations to prematurely end his contract with an additional $3 million early retirement payout, prior to public knowledge of the scandal.
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Ultimately, the board rejected Joe Paterno's offer to resign at the end of the 2011 season.
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Joe Paterno was a long-time advocate for some type of college football playoff system.
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Joe Paterno believed that scholarship college athletes should receive a modest stipend so that they have some spending money.
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Joe Paterno initially preferred not to play true freshmen, but later in his career he did play redshirts in order to refrain from being at a competitive disadvantage.
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Joe Paterno saw Tony Johnson catch a pass for a first down with both feet in bounds on the stadium's video replay board, but the play was ruled an incompletion.
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Joe Paterno was renowned for his charitable contributions to academics at Penn State.
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Joe Paterno attended the annual Penn State Dance Marathon, a popular weekend-long charity event and the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, every year to raise money for kids with cancer.
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Joe Paterno campaigned for Bush door-to-door in the 1988 New Hampshire primary, and seconded his nomination at the Republican National Convention.
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All of their children are Penn State graduates, and Jay Joe Paterno was the quarterbacks coach at Penn State until his departure following the hiring of new head coach Bill O'Brien on January 7,2012.
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Joe Paterno was a longtime summer resident of Avalon, New Jersey.
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In November 2006, Joe Paterno was involved in a sideline collision during a game against Wisconsin.
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Joe Paterno was unable to avoid the play and was struck in the knee by Badgers linebacker DeAndre Levy's helmet.
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Joe Paterno coached the 2007 Outback Bowl from the press box before making a full recovery.
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In November 2008, Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery after spraining his leg while trying to demonstrate onside kicks during a practice session.
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Joe Paterno was injured again in August 2011, after colliding with a player during practice.
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Joe Paterno sustained hairline fractures to his hip and shoulder.
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On January 13,2012, Joe Paterno was hospitalized in State College for complications relating to his cancer treatment, and he remained there until his death nine days later on January 22,2012; his death came 74 days after his dismissal from Penn State.
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Joe Paterno's funeral was held in State College on January 25,2012.
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Joe Paterno was buried in Spring Creek Presbyterian Cemetery just outside the town.
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At the time of his death, Joe Paterno had accumulated a record of 409 wins, 136 losses, and 3 ties.
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All wins dating back to 1998 were vacated, the year Joe Paterno was first informed of Sandusky's suspected child abuse.
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Players under Joe Paterno that became NFL or NCAA head coaches:.
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Players under Joe Paterno that became general managers or executives in the NFL:.