Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno is the former head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. He played college football for the Brown Bears of the Ivy League. He was then an assistant for Penn State for 15 years from 1950-1965. Starting in 1965, Paterno became the head coach of the Nittany Lions. In his time as head coach he won 3 Big Ten Championships and 2 National Championships. In 2011, he was involved in a child molestation by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. He was said to have known of the molestations but not to have alerted the authorities. On November 9th, 2011, Paterno stated that he would retire at the end of the season in light of the allegations. Later that evening the Board of Trustees at Penn State decided to relieve him of his duties immediately instead.