Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Sunday, mere months after being fired following a child sex abuse scandal among his program's coaching staff. ABC News reports Paterno died due to complications of lung cancer at the age of 85.
Here's a look at Paterno's coaching career, by the numbers.
46: Years Paterno was the head coach at Penn State. Whereas many programs switch coaches often, Paterno's legacy of consistent winning kept his job security intact. Paterno was 8-1 in 2011 before he was fired.
5: Losing seasons Penn State had in Paterno's tenure. Four of those seasons came since 2000. During his first year in 1966 Paterno's team went 5-5. Every season from that point to 1987 had a nonlosing record.
5: Undefeated seasons Penn State had under Paterno. His first undefeated season was in 1968, his third year on the job. Penn State went 11-0 and won the Orange Bowl. A year later, he did the same thing.
37: Bowl games in which Paterno coached in his 46 years. From the 1971 season to the 1983 season, Penn State appeared in 13 straight bowl games, winning nine.
24: Bowl game victories for Paterno. The victory total and appearances in bowl games are NCAA records for coaching.
409: Wins for Paterno. He only had 136 losses and three ties. His .749 winning percentage is 31st all time.
7: Times Penn State made it to No. 1 in the Associated Press poll in Paterno's career during one season. The Nittany Lions finished their season on top of the AP poll twice, in 1982 and 1986.
19: Seasons Paterno coached Penn State as a member of the Big Ten conference. Until 1993, the football program played as an independent.
805: Wins all time in Penn State's football program, dating to 1889. Over half of those wins were earned by Paterno.
4 million: Dollars that Paterno and his wife donated back to the university. A library and spiritual center were named in his honor.
600,000: Dollars of Paterno's annual salary.
William Browning is a research librarian.
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