[11], In 2012, the NCAA vacated all of Penn State's wins from 1998 through 2011 as part of its punishment. Penn State football struggled from 2000 to 2004, with an overall 2633 record in those years and Paterno became the target of criticism from some Penn State faithful. 20 Penn State plays at No. Female carer who bit off part of a pub landlady's ear during vicious bar brawl is jailed for 14 months. Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that led to his stunning dismissal, died Sunday at age 85. Right tackle Chima Okoli said this week that the team knows Paterno doesn't want sympathy. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. While serving as an assistant coach, Paterno met freshman coed Suzanne Pohland at the campus library;[157] she was a Latrobe native 13 years his junior and an English literature honors student. Joe Paterno died just months later, in early 2012. Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Sunday at the age of 85. As tributes . STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Special Olympics of Pennsylvania has received about $80,000 in donations in memory of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - As the sun began to set on the worst day in the history of . Bryant died tragically in a helicopter . It may have been discussed in my presence, something else about somebody. [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. "[74][75] As Paterno began walking back into his home with the crowd chanting "Let Joe Stay," he turned around to instead lead the crowd in "We are Penn State" cheers,[76] which unnamed members of the Penn State Board of Trustees viewed as insensitive. 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. [170] About 750 mourners attended the private ceremony, after which thousands of mourners lined the route of the funeral procession. Paterno and his wife, Sue, were major benefactors of Penn State, and during his nearly half-century as head coach, donors gave hundreds of millions of dollars to the university, helping . Paterno's abbreviated 2011 season was his 62nd on the Penn State coaching staff, which gave him the record for most seasons for any football coach at a single university. Paterno rebuffed all of this and stated he would fulfill his contract until it expired in 2008. [102], On July 14, 2012, The New York Times reported that in January 2011, Paterno opened "surprise" negotiations to prematurely end his contract with an additional $3 million early retirement payout, prior to public knowledge of the scandal. [2] Within days of the scandal breaking in full, speculation was rife that Paterno would not be allowed to return as head coach. Sue Paterno will speak . Right tackle Chima Okoli said this week that the team knows Mr Paterno doesn't want sympathy. However, in light of the Sandusky child abuse scandal, United States Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey, Jr., as well as Representative Glenn Thompson withdrew their support of Paterno receiving the honor. Last month, a documentary filmmaker who recorded a jailhouse interview with Sandusky said that he believes Paterno was "railroaded" in the investigation and conviction of Sandusky for child sexual abuse. [153] Before the 1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, a group of Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders briefly considered Paterno for Andrew Lewis' ticket as the candidate for lieutenant governor. Fualaau was by her side. (In 2017 he testified that was his opinion. [66][67] Instead, two weeks later, Curley reported that Sandusky's keys to the locker room had been taken away and that the incident was reported to The Second Mile charity. "Simple as that". April 10, 2013 / 2:26 PM His daughter Mary . Paterno was 73. Joe Paterno has died at the age of 85 after experiencing serious complications from lung-cancer treatment. According to the NCAA's 2008 Graduation Rates Report, Penn State's four-year Graduation Success Rate of 78% easily exceeds the 67% Division I average, second to only Northwestern among Big Ten institutions. But the state's top cop criticised the way school leaders handled allegations and said Mr Paterno and others should have done more. 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. [77][78], Later that evening, however, the Board of Trustees voted to terminate Paterno's contract, effective immediately. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Garland to face Congress amid ongoing special counsel investigations, Eli Lilly to cut insulin prices by 70%, cap monthly costs at $35, FBI chief says agency feels pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak, Three officers shot, standoff follows in Kansas City, Mo., police say, Vanessa Bryant, family settles claims over Kobe crash site photos for $28.5M, Ex-Penn State president wins reprieve hours before reporting to jail, Jerry Sandusky's son pleads guilty to child sex abuse, Penn State officials plead guilty in sex-abuse cover-up, Penn State sex abuse scandal price tag tops $200M, Joe Paterno and Penn State legacies hit again in court, Source: Sandusky accuser part of coach's family, Sandusky accuser seeks to stop charity from folding. He had no apparent plans to retire, and contingents of fans and alumni began calling for him to step down. [108] The statue was reportedly put in storage. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A person close to former Penn State coach Joe Paterno's family has told The Associated Press his wife was turned away from a campus pool. Special Section: The Penn State ScandalSource: Sandusky accuser part of coach's familySandusky accuser seeks to stop charity from folding. . Mrs Paterno was a longtime fixture at the school and helped raise money for the library and organized Special Olympics on campus. [1][2][3] He died 74 days later, of complications from lung cancer.[4]. I don't know how you can look at it any other way. Sandusky was also banned from bringing children onto the Penn State campus. HARRISBURG, Pa. Joe Paterno's widow said Wednesday that she and her husband were ignorant about sexual predators like Jerry Sandusky and did not realize that the former Penn State assistant football coach was abusing the boys he met through a children's charity that he founded. In turn, Paterno reported the incident to his immediate supervisor, Athletic Director Tim Curley, who then reported it to Gary Schultz, former Senior Vice President for Business and Finance, a position to which the University Police Department directly reported. 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. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - For decades, Joe Paterno was the public face of Penn State. Joe Paterno, byname of Joseph Vincent Paterno, also called JoePa, (born December 21, 1926, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.died January 22, 2012, State College, Pennsylvania), American collegiate gridiron football coach, who, as head coach at Pennsylvania State University (1966-2011), was the winningest major-college coach in the history of the sport, with 409 career victories, but whose . [111] Penn State was fined $60 million, stripped of 40 total scholarships from 2013 to 2017, banned from postseason play until 2016, and vacated all 112 of its wins dating back to 1998. No pool entry: Sue Paterno, wife of ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno, is pictured left yelling to people who left food at the front door of the couple's home, and right accepting flowers from a well-wisher on the doorstep. This benefit will continue for the balance of your lifetime," [15], In January 2013, Senator Corman and state treasurer Rob McCord used the Freeh report as a basis to sue the NCAA, arguing that the $60 million fine should be kept to assist victims of child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, instead of allowing it to be spread to programs beyond the state's boundaries. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The trustees fired him anyway, about 12 hours later. [128], On January 16, 2015, the NCAA agreed to a settlement, removing the probationary period imposed on Penn State and restoring Paterno's 111 wins between 1998 and 2011. "We're focusing on Wisconsin," linebacker Nate Stupar said Tuesday. [19] He played quarterback and cornerback for the Bears, and he shares the career record for interceptions (14) with Greg Parker. Longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 22, 2012, at the age of 85. Thankful: Sue Paterno reacts at the front door when students and well-wishers bring gifts to their home in State College, Pennsylvania, shortly after Mr Paterno was fired. Paterno holds an official NCAA total of 18 bowl victories. "[55], On September 13, 2012, a group of alumni and supporters called Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship released a review of the Freeh Report that was critical of the Freeh Group's investigation and conclusions. 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. As it happens, Joe Paterno had a very garden-variety will. Her husband, a College Football Hall of Fame coach who led the Penn State's Nittany Lions for 46 years, died in January 2012 at 85. [110], On July 23, two weeks after the release of the Freeh report, the NCAA punished Penn State with some of the most severe sanctions ever handed down in the history of collegiate athletics. On February 26, Curley had a conversation with Paterno. A university spokesman said he was unaware of a directive ordering Mrs Paterno to be turned away from the pool, which was first reported by the Patriot News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [166][167] His death resulted in tributes from prominent leaders in the U.S., including former President George H. W. Bush, who called Paterno "an outstanding American who was respected not only on the field of play but in life generallyand he was, without a doubt, a true icon in the world of sports. School trustees fired Joe Paterno on Nov. 9 from the job he held for nearly a half-century in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.. Paterno was a political conservative and a personal friend of President George H. W. Paterno's coaching career ended abruptly in 2011, shortly before his death, when the Penn State Board of Trustees terminated his contract in response to a child sex abuse scandal involving Paterno's former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. All Rights Reserved. The university also said it would pay the coach's widow, Sue Paterno, $1,000 a month for life, and provide her with on-campus parking and access . Based on whatever information they had, they were going to connect the dots and tell a story. 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. And it had tremendous momentum. "[121] Similarly Todd Blackledge, ESPN college football analyst and former Penn State quarterback, noted on the media coverage, "it felt like the media felt at liberty to just connect [] all those dots, whether they had facts. "If we don't win some games, I've got to get my rear end out of here", Paterno said in a speech at the Duquesne Club. Mr Paterno is Division I's most victorious coach with 409 wins. [117] In February 2013, Paterno's family released a report written by Dick Thornburgh, a former U.S. attorney general and Pennsylvania governor, disputing Freeh's investigative methods and the portrayal of Paterno in his findings, calling the Freeh report a "rush to injustice". He was 72. 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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. Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, his body ravaged by chemotherapy and radiation treatments for lung cancer, died Sunday morning. He attended Brown University, where he played football both ways as the quarterback and a cornerback. While it was initially thought to be treatable, Paterno succumbed to his illness two months later, on January 22, 2012, at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The crowd of 12,000 who had come for the memorial service to Joe Paterno, the legendary football coach of Penn State who died on Sunday of lung cancer, gave Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight a . [151] Paterno was also a close friend of President Gerald R. Ford,[152] and introduced President George W. Bush at a campaign rally before the 2004 presidential election. Freeh has said he stands by his report. [8][9][10], In addition, the Freeh report said that even after Sandusky's retirement in 1999, Paterno, Schultz, Spanier, and Curley "empowered Sandusky to attract potential victims to the campus and football events by allowing him to have continued, unrestricted and unsupervised access to the University's facilities and affiliation with the University's prominent football program. Paterno was accused of "making light of sexual assault" in 2006 by the National Organization for Women, which called for his resignation, though Penn State later categorized this incident as being "taken out of context" and never seriously considered asking for Paterno's resignation. Special Olympics of Pennsylvania has received about $80,000 in donations in memory of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. (But) definitely we've been thinking about him, and we're hoping he's doing all right, and just praying for him'. 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. Harris defended Paterno when he was fired in the midst of a sex-abuse scandal involving an assistant coach. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. In November 2008, Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery after spraining his leg while trying to demonstrate onside kicks during a practice session. This film focuses on how the Sandusky scandal affected the Paterno family,. [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." His death came just 65 days. Paterno had 29 finishes in the Top 10 national rankings. The Patriot News of Harrisburg first reported the rejection at the pool. On Saturday, at halftime of the Steelers' game against the Las. 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. He was 85. JOE PATERNO OBITUARY. [114][115][116], In a September 2013 interview with the CBS show 60 Minutes, Sandusky prosecutor Frank Fina was asked if he believed Joe Paterno was involved in the alleged cover-up. Joe's wife, Sue, said she called a couple of trustees. A university spokesman said he was unaware of any such directive. [3], Together, Joe and Sue Paterno donated millions of dollars to Penn State and to other charities, most notably, the Special Olympics. "[131], On July 12, 2016, The New York Times reported that Joe Paterno knew of Sandusky's abuse in 1976.[132]. When legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer on January 22, fans and well-wishers immediately wondered whether it wasn't just his lungs, but also his heart that. Paterno coached five undefeated teams that won major bowl games, and in 2007 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach. [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. Although Johnson was ruled out of bounds, replays clearly showed that Johnson had both feet in bounds and the catch should have been ruled complete. On May 13, 1998, in an email with the subject "Jerry," Curley asked Schultz, "Anything new in this department? But doubts still remained over the story's veracity, after NBC reported the indoor pool was in fact closed to all the public - despite sources confirming she was turned away to the Patriot News and AP. Inside the forest palace 'Putin shares with his gymnast lover and their secret children': Luxury estate Do not sell or share my personal information. [6] The Suzanne Pohland Paterno Catholic Student Faith Center opened in 2012. 'We're focusing on Wisconsin. [21], Paterno had been accepted to Boston University School of Law, and he had planned to attend before deciding to coach at Penn State. If he has a suspicion, I don't know the answer to that.". They had five children: Diana, Joseph Jr. "Jay", Mary Kay, David, and Scott. 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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. [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. As a result of his injuries, he was unable to travel to the induction ceremonies in New York City and the National Football Foundation announced that he would instead be inducted as a part of the Hall of Fame class of 2007. HBO's new movie, Paterno, focuses on Joe Paterno's involvement in Jerry Sandusky's Penn State sexual abuse scandal. Sue Paterno is an avid swimmer known for taking early-morning laps in the pool. [177] The 111 wins were restored on January 16, 2015, as a part of a settlement between the NCAA and Penn State, once again making him the most victorious coach in FBS NCAA football history.[178][179]. Prosecutors have said Paterno had passed on the information to his superior. I've got a daughter, who I'm pretty sure she's going to be for Hillary [Clinton]. [28] Reflecting the growth in Penn State's stature, Beaver Stadium was expanded six times during his tenure, increasing in size from 46,284 in 1966 to 106,572 in 2001. [147], Paterno was also renowned for his charitable contributions to academics at Penn State. "(But) definitely we've been thinking about him, and we're hoping he's doing all right, and just praying for him.". Paterno's family, which includes his wife, Sue, five children, and 17 grandchildren, were summoned on Saturday afternoon to the hospital, where Paterno had been under care since being readmitted on Jan . Prosecutors have said Mr Paterno had passed on the information to his superior. [133][134][135] The college football playoff system would become a reality three years after Paterno's exit from the game. 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