Former legendary Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno, who won more football games than any college coach, died this past Sunday January 22, 2012 at the age of 85. Prior to his death, he was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that marred his reputation and legacy as the winningest football coach for the university. The Pennsylvania hospital where Paterno died confirmed the death as a spreading lung cancer. Mount Nittany Medical Center said in a statement that Paterno died at 9:25 a.m. Sunday of "metastic small cell carcinoma of the lung." Paterno built his program on the credo "Success With Honor" and he found both. The man known as "JoPa" won 409 games and took the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl games and 2 national championships. More than 250 players he coached went to the NFL. He coached at Penn State for 46 years.
According to Reuters, Joe Paterno was buried yesterday in a private ceremony after thousands of mourners paid their vigil in frigid weather as his hearse was carried from a closed funeral. Paterno was fired in November 2011 after his former assistant, Jerry Sandusky, was charged with serial sex abuse. Paterno was fired because he didn't tell police what he had been told about the alleged abuse. To read more about the former head football coach's death, click on the above link from The Washington Post.
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