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

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 ...

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 ...