Penn State's new Paterno exhibit reignites debate over Sandusky-era legacy
Penn State opens the Paterno Family Football Experience Room at the All-Sports Museum, featuring Joe Paterno’s office desk, personal artifacts, and a six-decade timeline to celebrate the program’s history. The exhibit arrives amid ongoing debate over whether it adequately reckons with the Jerry Sandusky scandal and Paterno’s firing, with some noting an absence of that controversial history.
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About Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent Paterno, 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 victorious coach in NCAA FBS history. He recorded his 409th victory on October 29, 2011; his career ended with his dismissal from the team on November 9, 2011, as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. He died 74 days later, of complications from lung cancer.
Everything about Joe Paterno →- Occupation
- writer, American football player, children's writer, American football coach
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 21, 1926
- Died
- January 22, 2012