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“The Paterno Legacy” explores football coach's storied and sullied career

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(NEW YORK) — Penn State University rose to national prominence in large part because of football and one man: Joe Paterno.

Paterno was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 wins, Paterno stands as the most victorious coach in NCAA Division 1 Football history.

Yet the nearly 46,000 students who fill the campus of Penn State University today would see very little evidence of the legendary coach. There are no statues, no celebrations and, out of the hundreds of buildings on campus, Paterno’s name remains only on the library.

A decade ago,

 

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