Brown Grad and Coaching Icon Joe Paterno is Dead
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Brown's Football Media Guide lists Joe Paterno on their celebrity spread. Paterno, known as JoePa, led Penn State Football from 1966 to the 2011 season when he was forced to resign as a result of the role he played in the Jerry Sandusky case.
He set major college football's record for most wins. His former players, almuni and the students and faculty widely admired Paterno until the Sandusky case came to light.
Paterno was 85 years old.
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Comments:
E.J. Dunn
5:20pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
It's beyond sad that Paterno did not choose to retire when he was 70 or 75 years old.
AG MINES
12:21pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Time to retire Paterno name from Trophies, Endowments, and revoke his Degree to show that telling the truth and protecting children come first over any ego trying to protect his flawed football program built on lies he told to gain a competitive advantage over other schools and preserve his job, records, and legacy.
Joe admitted before he died he should have done more, but that was too little and too late, and he still demanded to finish out the season but Penn State was wise to fire him.
The Mothers of the Victims said it best, Paterno created a system at Penn State to hide everything that was wrong in sports and resulted in children to be raped and abused, and stood by lying about it to protect football not people.
Joe was a Penn Satan not Penn Saint!