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Paterno, Joe

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Paterno, Joe (Joseph Vincent Paterno) (pətûr`nō), 1926–, American football coach, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. A former quarterback at Brown Univ., he has been the head coach since 1966 at Pennsylvania State Univ., where his Nittany Lions have won two national championships (1982, 1986). In 2001 he surpassed Bear Bryant Bryant, Bear (Paul Bryant) , 1913–83, American football coach, b. Moro Bottom, Ark. The son of sharecroppers, he became a Southern culture hero through his football successes. After playing on the Rose Bowl–winning 1935 Univ.
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's record for most games won, placing Paterno first among Division I-A coaches in college football history. Paterno is widely admired for his loyalty to Penn State and for his emphasis on education as well as on sport.
Paterno, (Joseph Vincent) Joe (1926–  ) football coach; born in New York City. As a quarterback at Brown at the end of the 1940s, he set several school records. As head coach of Penn State University (1966) he not only took the Nittany Lions to numerous bowl games and national championships in 1982 and 1986, he also became widely admired for his loyalty to the school.


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