
Joe Paterno
Legendary College Coach Joe Paterno has died. The all time winningest coach in collegiate football history passed from complications from lung cancer.
Paterno became the head coach of Penn State in 1965, a post he would hold until December 2011. Paterno’s legendary career includes 2 national championships (1982, 1986), multiple coach of the year awards, the most bowl wins and most wins in the history of college football.
The end of his Penn State career ended in controversty over the the child molestation scandal involving his former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Paterno was fired over the scandal. Paterno said McQueary informed him that “he had witnessed an incident in the shower … but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report.” Prosecutors have stated that Paterno is not accused of any wrongdoing, as he fulfilled his legal obligation to report the incident to his immediate supervisor.
Paterno’s career may have ended in shame, his legacy will not.
Rest in peace Joe Pa.
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