1. Michael Jacob McQueary was born on October 10,1974 and is a former American football assistant coach for the Pennsylvania State University under head coach Joe Paterno until late in the 2011 football season.
11 Facts About Mike McQueary
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Mike McQueary backed up Kerry Collins in 1994, and backed up Wally Richardson in 1995 and 1996.
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Mike McQueary returned to Penn State in 2000 following attempts to catch on in the National Football League with the Oakland Raiders and in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores.
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Later that day, The Patriot-News reported that Mike McQueary told his receivers in a conference call that he would no longer be their coach.
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Mike McQueary later filed a lawsuit seeking up to $4 million in damages from the university for wrongful termination.
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The university's action, framed both as wrongful dismissal and for damages in defamation, was seen as such by a jury and Mike McQueary was awarded $7.3 million, including compensatory and punitive damages, on October 27,2016.
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Penn State filed an appeal on November 7,2016, and on November 30, another almost $5 million was ordered payable to Mike McQueary based on a separate charge that his firing was retaliation for whistleblowing.
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Penn State appealed the verdicts, and Mike McQueary ended his lawsuit in November 2017, after reaching undisclosed settlement terms with the university.
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Grand jury testimony alleged Mike McQueary reported to Paterno of witnessing Jerry Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in a campus locker room; Mike McQueary first told his father about the incident, then the next day informed Paterno, and then ten days later informed other university officials.
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Mike McQueary later said he made sure the observed assault stopped before he left, and that he discussed the incident with police.
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The university senior vice president and others have been charged with perjury for saying that Mike McQueary had reported only horseplay at the time.