Joe Paterno was a head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions football, serving from the retirement of Rip Engle after the 1965 season until he was fired on November 9,2011, in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal.
Joe Paterno was a head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions football. A head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions football was serving from the retirement of Rip Engle after the 1965 season. He was fired on November 9,2011, in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal.