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Some of Joe Paterno's achievements: (Wikipedia)
Paterno is in his 60th season on the Penn State coaching staff as of 2009, holding the record for most seasons for any football coach at any university.
Paterno holds more bowl victories (24) than any coach in history. He also tops the list of bowl appearances with 36.[6] He has a bowl record of 24 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie with his latest win in the 2010 Capital One Bowl. Paterno is the only coach with the distinction of having won each of the current four major bowls—Rose, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar—as well as the Cotton Bowl Classic, at least once. Under Paterno, Penn State has won at least three bowl games each decade since 1970.
Overall, Paterno has led Penn State to two national championships (1982 and 1986) and five undefeated, untied seasons (1968, 1969, 1973, 1986, and 1994). Four of his unbeaten teams (1968, 1969, 1973, and 1994) won major bowl games and were not awarded a national championship.
Penn State under Paterno has won the Orange Bowl (1968, 1969, 1973, and 2005), the Cotton Bowl Classic (1972 and 1974), the Fiesta Bowl (1977, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, and 1996), the Liberty Bowl (1979), the Sugar Bowl (1982), the Aloha Bowl (1983), the Holiday Bowl (1989), the Citrus Bowl (1993 and 2010), the Rose Bowl (1994), the Outback Bowl (1995, 1998, and 2006) and the Alamo Bowl (1999 and 2007).
Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1993, Penn State under Paterno has won the Big Ten championship three times (1994, 2005, and 2008). Paterno has had 29 finishes in the Top 10 national rankings.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Award - 2002
- Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award - 2005
- Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award - 1981, 2005
- Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year - 1978, 1982, 1986
- Paul "Bear" Bryant Award - 1986
- United States Sports Academy's Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award (1989, 2001)[7]
- The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award - 2005
- Walter Camp Coach of the Year - 1972, 1994, 2005
- Dave McClain Big Ten Coach of the Year - 2008
JoePa has been synonymous with Penn State for a long time, but maybe it is time for a change. I mean, he's 83 for crying out loud!
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