The Lion In Autumn: A Season with Joe Paterno and Penn State Football

Football Biographies

Author: Frank Fitzpatrick

A legendary coach, a struggling team, and a storm of controversy: An award- winning sportswriter takes you inside a tumultuous season of Penn State football, in the bestselling tradition of A Season on the Brink. In his fifty years of coaching football at Penn State, Joe Paterno has become one of the most popular figures in American sports. Only one other coach has won mo….Read More

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