AP Photo/Carolyn KasterPenn State coach Joe Paterno was born on Dec. 21, 1926, and is literally older than sliced bread.Joseph Vincent Paterno was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 83 years ago Monday.
By the numbers:
2 -- National Championships (1982, 1986)
5 -- Undefeated, untied seasons (1968, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1994)
16 -- New Year's Day bowl wins
21 -- 10-win seasons (most among Football Bowl Subdivision coaches), only 6 schools have more 10-win seasons than Paterno (Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, USC, Texas)
22 -- Top-10 finishes
23 -- Bowl wins (most among FBS coaches)
29 -- Seasons with at least 9 wins
32 -- NFL 1st-round draft picks
44 -- Seasons as head coach
77 -- 1st-team All-Americans
239 -- players drafted in NFL
393 -- Career wins (most among FBS coaches)
525 -- Career games coached
854 -- FBS coaching changes since becoming head coach in 1966.
To put it in perspective, he is older than penicillin (1927), bubble gum and sliced bread (1928), the car radio and the yo-yo (1929), and scotch tape (1930).
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