Is Rodney Erickson Penn State president by choice, or necessity? Mrs Paterno was a longtime fixture at the school and helped raise money for the library and organized Special Olympics on campus. [6][7][93] Freeh's firm's investigation concluded that by their actions, the four men "failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade." A total of 118 charges were dismissed or not proven, according to an ESPN analysis of Pennsylvania court records and reports. I do not know of it. Joseph Vincent Paterno (/ptrno/; December 21, 1926 January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. [45], In 2009, Paterno was named to Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest coaches of all time (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, college basketball, and college football). Within days, Penn State's trustees had fired Paterno. Sandusky was also banned from bringing children onto the Penn State campus. The wife of ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno faced an embarrassing situation earlier this week when she was reportedly turned away from a campus pool. And now it's gone. Everything else, including cash and securities, would go to a . Kathy Baker takes on the role of Joe Paterno's wife, Sue, who served as a mother figure to Penn State's players. [88], Paterno supporters and family members continued to harshly criticize the board's actions in the months following his death, prompting the board in March 2012 to release an additional statement explaining their decision. School trustees fired Mr Paterno earlier this month from the job he held for nearly a half-century in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. George Paterno ended a lifetime of service when he died yesterday at Centre Community Hospital. Harris defended Paterno when he was fired in the midst of a sex-abuse scandal involving an assistant coach. Corman proclaimed, "Today is a victory for due process which was not afforded in this case. (Curley testified in 2017, "I don't recall the specific conversation or what his [Paterno's] reaction was.") Watt says when George, Joe's brother, died several days after suffering a heart attack in 2002, the outpouring of support to Joe from his former high school was so strong Joe decided to return for its next reunion. As it happens, Joe Paterno had a very garden-variety will. Several team members from the recruiting class of 2005, including Justin King, Anthony Scirrotto, and Derrick Williams, received considerable playing time as true freshmen during the 20052006 season. 'With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more'. November 24, 2011 / 8:43 AM The question was posed to him frequently over the years, as only one of his five undefeated teams was voted national champion. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. For almost as long, his near-constant companion, wife Sue, seemingly wielded as much influence. [119] In response, Freeh called the Paterno family's report "self-serving" and said that it did not change the facts and findings of his initial investigation. [33] Paterno dismissed the allegations as a "witch hunt", and a radio broadcaster said Paterno chided reporters for asking about problems. Joe Paterno, Longtime Penn State Coach, Dies at 85 - The New York Times Joe Paterno, Longtime Penn State Coach, Dies at 85 584 People gathered around a statue of Joe Paterno on the Penn. Mr Paterno is not a target of the investigation, authorities say. During his career, he led the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl appearances with 24 wins while turning down offers to coach National Football League (NFL) teams that included the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots. They had five children: Diana, Joseph Jr. "Jay", Mary Kay, David, and Scott. Four of his unbeaten teams (1968, 1969, 1973, and 1994) won major bowl games and were not awarded a national championship. [20] Paterno graduated as an English literature major in 1950. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. Female carer who bit off part of a pub landlady's ear during vicious bar brawl is jailed for 14 months. Paterno thanked the crowd and said, "The kids who were victims or whatever they want to say, I think we all ought to say a prayer for them. By Mark Duell Updated: 22:18 GMT, 24 November 2011. Editor's Note: In the summer of 2011, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno allowed the journalist Joe Posnanski, . In 1995, Paterno apologized for a tirade directed at Rutgers head coach Doug Graber at the end of a nationally televised game.[27]. 20 Penn State plays at No. Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, his body ravaged by chemotherapy and radiation treatments for lung cancer, died Sunday morning. Harris in 1971, when he played for Penn State under coach Joe Paterno, right. It may have been discussed in my presence, something else about somebody. On February 27, Curley emailed Spanier and Schultz that he was "having trouble with going to everyone, but the person involved". [56] A 2011 grand jury investigation reported that then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary told Paterno in 2002 (prosecutors later amended the date to 2001)[57] that he had seen Sandusky abusing a 10-year-old boy in Penn State football's shower facilities. It had nothing to do with what Coach Paterno had done, or hadn't done. Paterno, who died in January, said that he wished he had done more to investigate the incident involving Sandusky and the boy in the shower. Paterno and his wife co-authored the children's book We Are Penn State!,[159] which takes place during a typical Penn State homecoming weekend. No. Paterno was a political conservative and a personal friend of President George H. W. Paterno played quarterback and cornerback at Brown University, guiding the team to a 15-3 record over the 1948. Mr Paterno testified before a grand jury looking into the abuse allegations that a graduate assistant told him in 2002 that he witnessed an incident in the shower in the team locker room. People were dying of lung cancer before cigarettes and cigars became available, radon is a prime example of a natural occurring cause. Paterno was a long-time advocate for some type of college football playoff system. . Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. A university spokesman said he was unaware of any such directive. No cause of death is known at this time. July 24, 2012, 12:36 PM. A reasonable person will conclude that there is some doubt here and that the other side of the story deserves to be heard. Paterno was an iconic figure on the sports landscape. In 1944, Paterno graduated from Brooklyn Preparatory School. Mr Paterno announced his retirement effective at the end of the season, saying that the scandal was one of the great sorrows of my life. [58][59] According to the report, Paterno notified Athletic Director Tim Curley about the incident, and later notified Gary Schultz, Vice President of Finance and Business,[60] to whom the University Police directly reported. Paterno was the first coach with the distinction of having won each of the four major bowls Rose, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar as well as the Cotton Bowl Classic, at least once. Curley, Schultz and Spanier then agreed to report the incident to both the Department of Public Welfare and the Second Mile if Sandusky did not cooperate and get professional help (i.e., rather than not reporting the incident to authorities outside the university, reporting to the Department of Public Welfare was still part of the plan). They married in 1962, the year she graduated. Paterno". [2][80][81] Unable to reach Paterno personally due to the crowd around his house and not wanting Paterno to find out through the media, the board notified him of their decision over the telephone. The wife of ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno faced an embarrassing situation earlier this week when she was reportedly turned away from a campus pool. (In 2017 he testified that was his opinion. [84][85][86][87] That night, several thousand Penn State students chanting Paterno's name rioted in the streets, hurling rocks, tearing down street signs, and overturning a news van. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Furious motorist is fined 650 after council worker paints disabled bay around his parked car. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Here's the story behind Joe Paterno's rolled-up pants: Back in the late 1960s, his wife, Sue, suggested he raise the cuffs so mud wouldn't get on his wool slacks while coaching. We're focusing on Wisconsin, linebacker Nate Stupar said on Tuesday. The report asserted that Paterno, Schultz, Spanier, and Curley "concealed Sandusky's activities from the Board of Trustees, the University community and authorities. Curley." And I'm viewing this strictly on the evidence, not any kind of fealty to anybody. [71][72][73] Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan, however, criticized Paterno for not doing enough to stop Sandusky's crimes. There's no doubt in my mind, Freeh steered everything as if he were a prosecutor trying to convince a court to take the case. The Paterno family has vehemently denied that Joe Paterno had any knowledge about Sandusky's crimes against children. "[94], Freeh's investigators discovered an email between Curley and Schultz regarding a previous incident between Sandusky and another child in 1998 that the district attorney declined to prosecute after an investigation by State College police and an evaluation by the Department of Public Welfare. This benefit will continue for the balance of your lifetime," Still, the state's top cop criticized the way school leaders handled allegations and said Paterno and other officials had a moral responsibility to do more. [118] Thornburgh concluded that the Freeh report was "seriously flawed, both with respect to the process of [its] investigation and its findings related to Mr. [6][7][8][9][10] A critique of the Freeh report, commissioned by the Paterno family, disputed Paterno's involvement in the alleged cover-up. Mrs. Paterno said she was horrified when she learned the truth about Sandusky after his arrest in November 2011. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. [143], After the announcement of his appointment as head coach in 1966, Paterno set out to conduct what he called a "Grand Experiment" in melding athletics and academics in the collegiate environment, an idea that he had learned during his years at Brown. Sue Paterno, 84, is an avid swimmer known for taking early-morning laps in the Pennsylvania pool and relatives were left upset after she was turned away, a source close to her family revealed. Joe's wife, Sue, said she called a couple of trustees. [13], On May 30, 2013, the Paterno family and members of the Penn State community (though not the university itself) filed a lawsuit in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas in an attempt to overturn sanctions against the school. [165] On January 13, 2012, Paterno was hospitalized in State College for complications relating to his cancer treatment, and he remained there until his death nine days later on January 22, 2012; his death came 74 days after his dismissal from Penn State. 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All of their children are Penn State graduates, and Jay Paterno was the quarterbacks coach at Penn State until his departure following the hiring of new head coach Bill O'Brien on January 7, 2012. It's a tough life when people do certain things to you. [43] Paterno was inducted on December 4, 2007,[44] and officially enshrined in a ceremony held July 19, 2008. [148] After helping raise over $13.5 million in funds for the 1997 expansion of Pattee Library, the university named the expansion Paterno Library in their honor. JOE HERMITT, The Patriot-News Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands with his wife Sue during a ceremony on field following the 35-21 win over Northwestern at Beaver Stadium giving Paterno. Special Olympics of Pennsylvania has received about $80,000 in donations in memory of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. As justification, Paterno pointed out that many scholarship athletes came from poor families and that other students had time to hold down a part-time job, whereas busy practice and conditioning schedules prevented college athletes from working during the school year. "I got all the money I need". This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. [154], In 2004, his son Scott Paterno, an attorney, won the Republican primary for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district but lost in the November general election to Democratic incumbent Tim Holden. He was paid $490,638 in 2006. His son, Scott, said last week in a statement that Joe Paterno's cancer was diagnosed during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. He attended Brown University, where he played football both ways as the quarterback and a cornerback. [46], In 2010, the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia established the Joseph V. Paterno Award, to be awarded annually to the college football coach "who has made a positive impact on his university, his players and his community. Nearly half of British viewers believe ethnic minorities and LGBT communities are over-represented on TV, Britain braces for brutal -9C Arctic snap: Met Office warns more snow and ice could lash the country next Twitter is DOWN: App crashes for thousands of frustrated users around the world - just DAYS after Elon Musk Who said black and white pics were flattering! [13] In a 2015 legal settlement with Penn State, the NCAA reversed its decision and restored all 111 wins to Paterno's record. Greta Thunberg is carried off by police again during protest against wind farm that was built on indigenous Search and rescue volunteers with sniffer dogs join police in desperate hunt for aristocrat's missing baby: Father-of-three drowned in hot tub while on weekend break to Welsh seaside with his family, inquest hears. 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