In six decades Paterno became an icon in State College — rising from a coaching assistant to a head coach to the public face and embodiment of the university.
His last few weeks coaching at Penn State were his most difficult and controversial.
After several months of fight lung cancer, the winningest coach in college football passed away this morning, leaving behind a legacy.
Before we knew Paterno as the head coach of the Nittany Lions, he was a quarterback at Brown
When Paterno graduated in 1950, he took a job as an assistant coach at Penn State
The recent college grad was hired by head coach Rip Engle.
Engle was Paterno's coach at Brown.
Joe Paterno worked as an assistant for 16 years until Rip Engle retired in 1966. Paterno took over the top spot
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