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Joe Paterno
American football player and coach (1926–2012)
Paterno in 2010 | |
| Born | (1926-12-21)December 21, 1926 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
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| Died | January 22, 2012(2012-01-22) (aged 85) State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1946–1949 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, cornerback |
| 1950–1965 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1966–2011 | Penn State |
| 1980–1982 | Penn State |
| Overall | 409–136–3 |
| Bowls | 24–12–1 |
| 2 National (1982, 1986) 3 Big Ten (1994, 2005, 2009) | |
| Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Year (1986) 5× AFCA COY (1968, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2005) 3× Walter Camp COY (1972, 1994, 2005) 3× Eddie Robinson COY (1978, 1982, 1986) 2× Bobby Dodd COY (1981, 2005) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) 3× George Munger Award (1990, 1994, 2005) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2002) Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2005) Sporting News College Football COY (2005) 3× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1994, 2005, 2008) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007 (profile) | |
Joseph Vincent Paterno (; 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. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victor
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In Joe Paterno’s extraordinary career as Penn State’s head football coach from 1966 to 2011, Paterno was the most recognizable Penn Stater and citizen of Centre County. Not only was the longevity of his career at one institution exceptional in the world of intercollegiate football, but his success was unequaled as well: No other NCAA Division I football coach won more games than Paterno’s 409.
Paterno initially signed on in 1950 to spend one year helping Rip Engle, his coach at Brown University, who had just become the head coach at Penn State. He intended to move on to law school the following year. On the surface, the 23-year-old Paterno seemed to be out of his element.
Joseph Vincent Paterno was the son of an Italian immigrant and raised on the boisterous, crowded streets of Brooklyn. Yet his Ivy League education gave him something in common with Penn State’s academic community, and his outgoing personality enabled him to make friends easily.
Paterno fell in love with football and Penn State, and law school was soon forgotten. As the years passed by, he became Engle’s top assistant. During his 16 years on Engle’s staff, the college grew from an 11,000-plus student body in 1950 to 22,500. In 1958, he met Suzanne Pohland, a freshman, and they were marrie