Legendary Penn St Coach Joe Paterno Dead at 85 R.I.P. Joe

Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach who won more Division I NCAA football games than any other coach, died Saturday night.Paterno, a.k.a Joe Pa and known for his "success with honor" motto, thick glasses, rolled-up pants and black cleats, had been diagnosed with lung cancer, it was announced on Nov. 18. On Saturday, as friends and family were being summoned to State College Hospital, a family spokesman said the coach had taken a turn for the worse and asked for privacy for his family.

Paterno is survived by wife Sue Paterno, children Diana, Joseph Jr. "Jay", Mary Kay, David and Scott, and 17 grandchidlren.

A Brooklyn native and Brown University graduate, Paterno began coaching the Nittany Lions in 1966 and his tenure stretched to October, 2011, when he won his 409th game.

In his 46 years as head coach, Paterno holds the all-time Division I record for football coaching wins with a 409-136-3 record, and he won two national championships while going undefeated in five different seasons.

After a highly celebrated career and iconic status on the Penn State campus, Paterno's career as head coach ended as a result of a scandal involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky, who allegedly sexually assaulted young boys, including a 10-year-old in the locker-room shower.

Although Paterno was not accused of any wrongdoing in the scandal, he was criticized for failing to report what he heard to police. In announcing his retirement, he said, ?This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more."

"I'm sick about it," he told The Washington Post on Jan. 14. "I didn?t know exactly how to handle it, and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was. So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did. It didn?t work out that way."

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[duffy31311]

@TheIEvon

Joe did nothing. he was trash. he knew the kids were getting ass raped and a ton of time lapsed between the time he knew and the time he feebly said something. then he stayed.

make no mistake--joe failed as a human and is paying for it now. he was human shit.

[TheIEvon]

@duffy31311 lol it'd be safer if jerry sandusky died. Joepa was the only one that did anything for those kids....Joe's university failed him.

[duffy31311]

@TheIEvon

everyone I have talked to is celebrating because he died. its safer for kids now.

[mrl0p3z]

Trash.



[TheIEvon]

@100crawma Joe did a lot more than coach football and you obviously don't know that. He was iconic not only because he was such a good football coach but was how he cared for his players and the community. Countless buildings around the campus were built with Joe Paterno's money. He also took in players as his own, those of whom had not had a father figure in their life. Joe paterno was much more than football, and you're obviously too ignorant and biased to understand that.

[100crawma]

@a2r1v1i2s could not agree more-he has no legacy except that of shame and cowardice

[100crawma]

@TheIEvon wrong on so many levels,he coached a fucking game,it is not like he didnt pay a parking ticket he did a cowardly thing and turned his back on children being raped to protect his legacy and a fucking game,in my book that is unforgivable

[100crawma]

maybe god can forgive him,but the fact that he did not do the right thing and protect the innocent from true evil makes his past accomplishments and legacy null and void,god will have to have mercy on his soul because i shed to tears for him

[MarathonVeteran]

Words can't describe how happy I am that Joe Paterno is dead. I only wish that the pedophile supporter/enabler would have died in prison.