Joe Paterno are grouped together a squad of highly motivated and dedicated student-athletes and coaches in a team that delivered Penn State to 51 victories over the last five seasons, maintaining residences with the most successful programs in the nation. A team with outstanding work ethic, commitment and senior management delivered the victory of the Nittany Lions' fourth bowl in five seasons with a hard-fought, thrilling last minute victory over LSU in the Capital One Bowl.
The 2009 Nittany Lions won consecutive seasons of 11-win for the first time since 1985 and '86, when Penn State played in consecutive national championship games. 21st season with double figure wins Joe Paterno and 23rd team to finish in the top 10 added to the litany of documents it holds coaching.
Penn State's 11-2 mark in 2009 improved his record to 51-13 five years, with his 79.7 winning percentage good for a tie for No. 7 in the nation. The Nittany Lions secured their third top 10 in the last five seasons and won at least 11 games for the 15th time in the Hall of Fame coach.
Joe Paterno could also be proud of the academic achievements of its team of 2009. For the second consecutive year, Penn State led all teams Football Bowl Subdivision first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans ®. Three Nittany Lions earned first team honors, giving Penn State eight Academic All-America Selections ® over the past two years.
And Penn State 89 percent graduation rate and 85 percent success rate was high graduation among all teams in the 2009 final Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Joe Paterno has passionately served the Penn State football program and the university with the principle of distinction and success with honor since matriculating in State College in 1950. After 16 years as an assistant coach, he was rewarded in 1966 with responsibilities assigned by head coach Rip Engle retired, his coach at Brown College who appointed him to the staff of Penn State in 1950 as a brash 23.
He is older now and wiser, but no less enthusiastic and no less dynamic. It is, quite simply, the winningest coach in college football history - a fact that was validated during the 2001 season when he moved past Paul "Bear" Bryant to become theleader in victories career with a major college coach. It is also one of the most admired figures in college sports, a recognized icon whose influence extends well beyond the white chalk lines on the football field.
In its 45th year walking the sidelines as head coach of the Nittany Lions, Joe Paterno has faced every situation imaginable on the grill and used his preparation, experience and understanding of the game he loves to respond and maintain the Penn State program among the elite of the nation for the past four decades.
Joe Paterno has posted a 394-129-3 mark in 44 seasons as head coach and is theleader in career victories among major college coaches (third all-time). He spent his longtime friend and colleague, Bobby Bowden, 20 September 2008. Joe Paterno winning percentage of 75.1 is second best among active coaches Football Bowl Subdivision (10 or older) and is second all-time in games coached (526) among major college coaches.
Joe Paterno is the all-time leader among coaches in bowl appearances (36) and the post-season triumphs (24). His overall record of 24-11-1 in the playoffs gives him a winning percentage of 68.0, good for No. 1 all-time among coaches with at least 15 visits bowl. The Nittany Lions are 17-7 in games in the New Year under Joe Paterno and 12-5 in contests that make up the Bowl Championship Series.
Penn State is one of seven teams with 800 wins all time and Joe Paterno has been a staff member of Nittany Lions to 498 of them - 61 percent of the 811 all-time total. Penn State owns a record of 498-177-7 (73.5) since Joe Paterno joined the team in 1950, the nation winning percentage at third. He missed only three games of a possible 682 Penn State contests over 60 seasons.
Since Joe Paterno began to lead the program in 1966, Penn State had 77 first-team All-Americans, with Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Jared Odrick win the award in 2009. Linebacker Navorro Bowman fight against Dennis Landolt and center Stefen Wisniewski has also received All-America recognition and were joined by Odrick, quarterback Daryll Clark and Evan Royster bottling in 2009 first-team All-Big Ten Winners .
During the tenure of remarkable Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions have counted 15 Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes, 34 first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans ® (44 total) and 18 winners NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Penn State has had at least one Academic All-American ® in each of the last eight years, with 10 winners first team over the last four years.
Linebacker Josh Hull and kick snapper Andrew Pitz became the seventh and eighth Nittany Lions twice being selected first-team Academic All-American ® 2008 and '09 with their awards.
Winner of the 2005 Butkus and Bednarik awards, All-America linebacker Paul Posluszny was selected the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American ®-of-the year in Division I football.
Joe Paterno coaching portfolio includes two national championships (1982, 1986), five undefeated, untied teams, 23 finished in the Top 10 national ranking, an unprecedented five AFCA Coach-of-the year plaques and more 350 former players who have signed contracts of the National Football League, 31 of them first-round pick. With four school-record Nittany Lions were selected in the first round draft pick in the 2003 NFL tackle Levi Brown was the No. 5 selection overall in the 2007 draft and the NFL defensive end Aaron Maybin was the No. 11 choice overall in 2009.
His teams have registered seven undefeated regular-season and had 35 teams finish in the Top 25. Penn State won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, emblematic of the supremacy of football in the East, 24 times in terms of Joe Paterno coaching, including in 2008 and `09.
Since 1966, there have been 860 head coaching changes in football programs Bowl Subdivision, averaging more than six changes per institution IA! (Includes 22 changes after the 2009 season).
Joe Paterno is the only coach to win four games traditional New Year's Day bowl - the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowl - and has a 6-0 record in the Fiesta Bowl. He was selected by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame as the first active coach to receive his award in America. Joe Paterno also was the 1986 Sports Illustrated Sportsman-of-the-Year.
A member of the coaching staff Nittany Lions spanning the administrations ofPresidents of the USA 13 (starting with Harry Truman), Joe Paterno passed Bryant on October 27, 2001, when the Lions secured his 324th victory by rallying to a 27-9 deficit to defeat Ohio, 29-27, in the greatest comeback Beaver Stadium under the legendary coach.
Obviously not a person of misplaced priorities, Joe Paterno has always focused on seeing that his student-athletes attend class, devote the appropriate time for studies and graduate with a significant degree. He often said he measures team success not by athletic prowess, but by the number of productive citizens who contribute to society.
The 2009 Report on the rates of graduation for NCAA Division I institutions revealed that the Penn State football program has achieved a rate of 89 percent graduation rate of freshmen entering in 2002-03, which was No. 1 among teams ranked in the final 2009 poll by the Associated Press. FIG Penn State was 34 points above the astonishing average of 55 percent FBS. NCAA data also showed that Penn State has posted a program record 85 per cent success rate of diplomas, also higher among 2009 AP Top 25 teams. The national average among FBS teams was 67 percent.
Joe Paterno does not like looking back, but it was a memorable period for the legendary mentor, who was a staff member at Penn State for 682 games.
In March 2010, the Maxwell Football Club announced it was re-appointed his college coaching high honor of Joseph V. Joe Paterno College Coach of the Year. "The Maxwell Football Club has the privilege of honoring the legacy of Coach Joe Paterno, his values and his success on and off the field," said Principal Mark Wolpert.
Joe Paterno and Nittany Lions in 2008 showed the resilience and tenacity to capture the Big Ten championship and second program Bowl Championship berth in four years.
Trailing rival Ohio State in the fourth quarter in a Thurs in October later that night, the Nittany Lions tour is a dynamic game and then paced the final score of the game 10 points to post a victory dearly played en route to their third Big Ten crown.
Joe Paterno also held up well, as he fought with a hip injury that occurred two days before the opening of the 2008 season, displaying the tenacity and courage of his team in case of obvious pain. The aftermath of the Big Ten victory crimp on Michigan State, Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement and led the Nittany Lions in their preparation for the confrontation with Rose Bowl in Southern California.
Joe Paterno was selected in 2008 Dave McClain Big Ten Coach of the year, winning the honor for the third time, second only to Bo Schembechler four selections in the history of the award. He was also nominated for three awards Coach of the Year-nationals: the Eddie Robinson Award (FWAA), Liberty Mutual and George Munger (Maxwell Football Club).
Penn State won a 11-2 mark in 2008, No. 8 finish in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls. A school record of 10 Nittany Lions were selected first-team All-Big Ten, more than double the second highest total and a record 14 players gets the first or second team all conference accolades. Four Nittany Lions received All-America honors and AQ Shipley became the first recipient of Penn State Rimington Trophy, presented the nation's outstanding center.
It was a record year for academic achievement. A five-year record of players have been selected for 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ® team with four first-team. Penn State's four first team selections and five selections overall led the nation, becoming the first school to have five players Academic All-America ® football since Nebraska in 1997.
A program record 55 Nittany Lions have won at least a year averaged 3.0 points during the fall semester 2008. Of the 55 student-athletes from football, a record of 19 received a Dean's List recognition by posting a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
In December 2008, Joe Paterno agreed to an extension of the 2011 season.
In 2007, Joe Paterno was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. The five-time national coach of the year, was selected for induction in 2006, and was to join two other legendary coaches - Bobby Bowden and John Gagliardi - the first active coaches or players to be inducted Hall of Fame.
Induction Coach Joe Paterno, though, has been postponed until 2007 that the injuries sustained in a collision in a game away from Wisconsin in November prevented him from traveling to the 2006 event.
"I have mixed feelings because there were so many people who are not with me anymore who made it possible for me," said Joe Paterno during the December 4, 2007 ceremony of induction. "How was it good What we share in the football? There has never been more in. We have been involved in the biggest game on everyone more experience can expect great teammates Guys you could trust the guy you liked ..... You guys go to war tomorrow. We are so lucky ... we are so lucky. If we lose what we have in football, we will lose so many in this country and we must remember that. "
Joe Paterno and Bowden, who rank No. 1-2 victories among major college coaches, received the prestigious Gold Medal, highest honor the National Football Foundation, the 2006 Hall of Fame Dinner by video presentation.
The 2007 season saw Joe Paterno to two other milestones and a huge honor. It has overshadowed another college football legend, Amos Alonzo Stagg for longevity at an institution among major college coaches. Stagg was a head coach for 57 years, including 41 at the University of Chicago.
In December 2007, Patrick and Candace Malloy Joe Paterno honor contributions to the University by committing $ 5 million to create the Malloy Joe Paterno Head Coach Endowment at Penn State.
"All Penn State has benefited from Joe's commitment to success with honor," said Patrick Malloy, a former University of 1965. "There is so much a coach - he is an educator, he taught at his players how to win in life and in football, and he teaches every Penn State fan how to make a better world through integrity, honesty. and excellence. We are also fortunate to know Sue Joe Paterno, and we have the greatest admiration for her volunteer and philanthropic leadership at Penn State and beyond. "
The Nittany Lions' capped 2007 by defeating Texas A & M in the Valero Alamo Bowl in the 500th game Joe Paterno as head coach.
Penn State made another appearance in a January bowl Joe Paterno in 2006 and defeated Tennessee, 20-10, at the Outback Cup. He was not surprised that less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on his left leg in November 2006, Joe Paterno was back at Beaver Stadium, watching his team of coaches stand for the final regular season against State of Michigan.
In 2005, Nittany Lions are a team of legendary coach will also have excellent memories. Players and coaches worked passionately every day to return Penn State to the national championship picture. The Nittany Lions compiled a record of 11-1, won the Big Ten Championship and a thrilling triple-overtime decision in Bowden Florida State team to the FedEx Cup Orange.
The 11-win season represented another milestone, as Penn State has recorded at least 10 victories under Joe Paterno in a fifth decade and for the 19th time overall. The Nittany Lions were No. 3 in the polls, earning their 13th Top 5 under the veteran coach.
For his leadership in restoring the Nittany Lions to the nation's elite, Joe Paterno was recognized with numerous awards Coach of the Year-National in 2005, crowned by an unprecedented fifth selection by the American Association of Coaches Football Association (AFCA). He also received national honors from Associated Press, Bobby Dodd, Home Depot / ESPN, Maxwell Football Club (George Munger), Pigskin Club of Washington, DC News, Sport and the Walter Camp football.
Joe Paterno is just a strange football coach ... and a rare individual.
In an exceptional display of generosity and affection for Penn State, Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue, and their five children has pledged $ 3.5 million to the University in 1998, bringing life Joe Paterno to give a total of over $ 4,000,000. The gift seems to be, Penn State Vice President for Development by Rod Kirsch said, "the most generous ever made by a college coach and his family to a university."
Joe Paterno brings the gift of professorships and fellowships at the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University Libraries and supported two building projects - a new interfaith spiritual center and Penn State All-Sports Museum, both on the campus of the University Park. The museum opened in 2002 and the spiritual center was dedicated in 2003.
"Penn State has been very good to both Sue and me," Joe Paterno said. "We met some wonderful people here, we had many students who have continued to become outstanding leaders in their profession and in society and all our children have received a first class education here. I've never felt better about Penn State and its future potential as I do now. Sue and I want to do everything we can to help the University to achieve this goal. "
He and Sue have been actively involved in Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer, held each June on the campus of the University Park. In 2008, the Joe Paterno were inducted into the Hall of Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fame.
The Joe Paterno has pledged $ 1 million in 2009 to Mount Nittany Medical Center. Their gift is part of the fundraising effort the most ambitious in the history of the medical center and help support three-floor, 42,000-square foot expansion of the center of County Primary Health Centre.
Also in 2009. the Joe Paterno were honored by the Association Charcot-Marie-Tooth for a lifetime of achievement. Coach Joe Paterno is a national spokesman for CMTA.
In February 2010, a pair of glasses Joe Paterno has made national headlines, as a couple Penn State offers $ 9,000 to buy the gift, autographed specifications, with the proceeds benefiting Penn State Public Broadcasting.
In 2006, Joe Paterno has been awarded a trio of honors and more diversified Hall of Fame and announced the gold medal presentation. He was named winner Free Spirit and recognized by the Freedom Forum at the National Press Club in Washington, DC In April, Joe Paterno received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dapper Dan Charities in Pittsburgh and received the History Makers, introduced by Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.
Joe Paterno has been recognized twice for his illustrious career in 2004. He was chosen the second best college football coach of all time by a panel of over 300 media, current and former football coaches, Heisman Trophy winners and members of the College Football Hall of Fame. Joe Paterno also was selected the best of the nation college football coach the past 25 years by a panel ESPN25. He finished No. 8 in the list of all college and professional coaches from all sports for the past 25 years.
The American Football Coaches Association presented Joe Paterno with its highest honor in 2002, Amos Alonzo Stagg award. The award honors those "whose services have been outstanding in promoting the best interests of football."
In 1998, he was the original winner of the Eddie Robinson Coach-of-the year Award, which recognizes an active college coach who is a model for students and players, an active member of the community and a coach accomplished.
Joe Paterno's wisdom of "whole person" approach to football - that addresses academic and lifestyle in addition to athletic prowess - has won almost universal endorsement of the "system products." "He is putting together what winning program, but meanwhile, he teaches 17 -, 18 -, 19-year olds how not to live their life, how education is important, how important it is to have a keen sense of social "All linebacker American Greg Buttle told the San Antonio Express-News in 2007.
"Forget what he did for the players. He has done more to one university than anyone else. It transcends his coaching. No. 1 to him is what he has done for Penn State University, No. 2 is what he did for the players. " "... I can tell you that almost all the players he has touched in 50 years as an assistant and head coach have been enriched by the experience," former quarterback Todd Blackledge said in the Preliminary Quotable Joe, a book of quotations by and about Joe Paterno. "I consider myself, and I know my teammates and Penn State players past and present feel the same, a better person for having played for Joe Paterno."
LaVar Arrington, a choice of NFL first-round 31 to come thanks to Joe Paterno of Penn State program, was twice selected All-America and won the 1999 Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker and the Maxwell Club Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the best collegiate defensive player.
"If you're not a man when you get there, you'll be a man before leaving," Arrington said of his experience at Penn State. "Joe has his system so you're ready for life. Joe trains you more mentally and physically so that nothing will rattle you."
Joe and Sue Joe Paterno have five children, all graduates of Penn State, and 17 grandchildren.
Joe Paterno Quotes
Believe deep in your heart that you are destined to accomplish great things.
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Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart and mind, confidence is the key to all locks.
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His name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.
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Losing a game is heartbreaking. Lose your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
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Publicity is like poison, it does not hurt unless you swallow it.
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Success without honor is a dish seasoned, it will satisfy your hunger, but it will not taste good.
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The minute you think you've made, disaster is just around the corner.
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The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.
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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
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When a team returns to individual performance and learns to be confident team, excellence becomes a reality.
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You must perform at a level still higher than the others. It is the mark of a true professional.
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You must play with confidence, otherwise you'll lose again, then losing becomes a habit.
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