Joe Paterno's Salary

[cyclonenum1]

Originally Posted by travman23

I wonder if that is just what the state pays him and if he gets outside income for shows, endorsements, etc. like most coaches do. The school pays the base salary and gets the rest from boosters and other outside sources. Not sure how the Rag's database works ( DesMoinesRegister.com | Des Moines watchdog | The Des Moines Register) because Chizik shows up as $586,363 and he makes somewhere over $1 mil a year total yet Ferentz shows up as $2.765 mil.

Just goes to show that JoPa is still one of the true class acts and money is not why he's coaching.

You do know why he is still coaching, don't you? It's because he is in a dual with Bobby Bowden for the all time win total! It looks to me as though those two will keep coaching until they die or the other one dies and they can ensure they are #1 on the list.

[price26]

I saw in an ESPN article somewhere that Paterno's assistants do more coaching than he does.

Penn State ran a fake punt and Joe looked as surprised as the defense when they ran it, he is kind of just a figurehead right now to keep attention at the university.

[Cyclone62]

Originally Posted by price26

I saw in an ESPN article somewhere that Paterno's assistants do more coaching than he does.

Penn State ran a fake punt and Joe looked as surprised as the defense when they ran it, he is kind of just a figurehead right now to keep attention at the university.

He probably just forgot that's the play he called.

[price26]

Originally Posted by Cyclone62

He probably just forgot that's the play he called.

They also mentioned that he no longer wears a headset anymore, meaning that he has no idea what play is being sent down or passed around.