Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of the late Joe Paterno, longtime head football coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.

“I want to make sure that when I [retire], I do it the way Rip Engle did it. When Rip Engle retired and gave me a shot, he left a lot of meat on the bones,” Paterno said. “I inherited a really good ...

Penn State has lost one of its treasures. Lou Prato, the school’s foremost historian on athletics and the first director of ...

Prato knew or knew those who knew all the coaches over the last 100 years — from Bob Higgins to Joe Bedenk, Rip Engle to Joe Paterno, Bill O’Brien to James Franklin. In fact, when Franklin ...

1950 – Becomes an assistant football coach at Penn State under head coach Charles “Rip” Engle. February 19, 1966 – Named head coach at Penn State. 1982 and 1986 – Coaches Penn State to ...

Penn State has lost one of its treasures. Lou Prato, the school’s foremost historian on athletics and the first director of the all-sports museum (2002-15), passed away rather unexpectedly last week ...