Today focuses on last season and the upcoming season.
The white of his button-down shirt provided a stark contrast to his hands and face, deeply tanned from frequent jaunts down to the Jersey shore. Joe Paterno used the family beach house this summer to prepare for the upcoming football season, as construction work has turned his State College home upside-down. A Memorable Season. The Lions went 9-2 under Coach Rip Engle that year. Paterno was in his ninth season as a young assistant, having come to Penn State in 1950 to earn enough money for law school but staying a lot longer than he had originally planned.