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The Penn State Nittany Lions are an elite college football program. Along with iconic head coach, Joe Paterno, the Lions are synonymous with excellence both on and off the gridiron. Penn State competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.

Current Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Joe Paterno (Record at Penn State: 354-117-3)
Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs: Galen Hall
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bradley
Defensive Backs: Brian Norwood
Defensive Line: Larry Johnson
Linebackers: Ron Vanderlinden
Offensive Guards/Centers: Dick Anderson
Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends: Bill Kenney
Quarterbacks: Jay Paterno
Strength and Conditioning: John Thomas
Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator: Mike McQueary

Stadiums

Beaver Stadium

Practice Facility

Louis E. Lasch Football Building

All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record as of 2006

772-339-42 (7th most win in Division I-A history)

Worst Defeat

Penn State's worst football defeat ever was a 106-0 drubbing by Lehigh University in 1889.

National Championships

1982
1986

Big Ten Championships

1994
2005

Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy

Bowl Games

Alamo - 1999
Aloha - 1983
Blockbuster – 1990, 1993
Citrus/Capital One – 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003
Cotton - 1948, 1972, 1975
Fiesta – 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997
Gator - 1961, 1962, 1967, 1976
Holiday – 1989
Liberty - 1959, 1960, 1979
Orange - 1969, 1970, 1974, 1986, 2006
Outback - 1996, 1999
Rose - 1923, 1995
Sugar - 1972, 1979, 1983

Trophy Games

Individual Award Winners

Heisman Trophy

John Cappelletti, 1973

Maxwell Award

Walter Camp Award

Chuck Bednarik Award

Fred Biletnikoff Award

Bobby Engram, 1994

Dick Butkus Award

Lombardi Award

Bruce Clark, 1978

Davey O'Brien Award

Kerry Collins, 1994

Outland Trophy

Mike Reid, 1969

Doak Walker Award

Larry Johnson, 2002

Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

Joe Paterno, 1978, 1982, 1986

Home Depot Coach of the Year Award

Joe Paterno, 2005

College Football Hall of Famers

Hugo Bezdek
John Cappelletti
Keith Dorney
Rip Engle
Jack Ham
Dick Harlow
Bob Higgins
Glenn Killinger
Ted Kwalick
Richie Lucas
Pete Mauthe
Shorty Miller
Lydell Mitchell
Dennis Onkotz
Joe Paterno
Mike Reid
Glenn Ressler
Dave Robinson
Steve Suhey
Dexter Very
Harry Wilson

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Current NFL Players

Other Famous Players

External links

References

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Penn State Nittany Lions head football coaches

George W. Hoskins (1892–1895)
Samuel B. Newton (1896–1898)
Sam Boyle (1899)
Pop Golden (1900–1902)
Daniel A. Reed (1903)
Tom Fennell (1904–1908)
Bill Hollenback (1909)
Jack Hollenback (1910)
Bill Hollenback (1911–1914)
Dick Harlow (1915–1917)
Hugo Bezdek (1918–1929)
Bob Higgins (1930–1948)
Joe Bedenk (1949)
Rip Engle (1950–1965)
Joe Paterno (1966–2011)
Tom Bradley # (2011)
Bill O'Brien (2012–2013)
James Franklin (2014– )

# denotes interim head coach