Penn State Needs to End Paterno’s Time in Power Essay

Coaching professional football was Vincent Lombardi’s lifelong goal. His passion and drive laid the foundation for his visionary leadership; when he signed on as the head coach and general manager for the Green Bay Packers he had a clear vision for the future (Buckman, 2002).

In football winning is not everything! With winning comes dedication, passion, and selflessness. My sophomore year I played one game on varsity, which was dictated by coach Garno. When I look back on that year I can see that all Garno cared about was winning. Garno never cared about any player or anything that did not involve winning on a football field. Now my junior and senior year I got a new coach and this is where I learned what a real coach is. The Dundee Vikings is now lead by Coach Kyle McElvany (Coach Mac.) Coach Mac is a coach that taught every player on the team that there is more to football than just winning. Him teaching all of the payers, especially my brought us close, it has made a bond between us that could never be broken.

With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more." Many people got furious with the decision of letting him retire at the end of the season so on November 9 (The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania), reported that the board had given Spanier an ultimatum resign before that night's meeting or be fired. At that night's meeting, Spanier offered his immediate resignation. The board accepted it and named provost Rodney Erickson as interim president. Later on the meeting the board made their decision on coach Paterno’s future and decided to strip him form the coaching duties right away and immediately name defensive coordinator Tom Bradley interim coach for the reminder of the season. That was the last day for Coach Paterno as a football coach. Throughout the reminder of the season many trophies under Coach Paterno were removing his name on anything that had to do with college

Knight went on to lead the Hoosiers to a remarkable twenty 20-win seasons, including three 30-win seasons. Knight’s teams appeared in 24 NCAA tournaments and won three of them. Knight’s 1975-76 squad remains the only team in men’s college basketball history to venture through the regular season and the NCAA tournament, finishing the season with an overall record of 32-0. Knight, the leading coach in Big Ten history as far as wins are concerned, has 763 career victories behind him which leaves him 116 wins short of former North Carolina coach Dean Smith’s college record 879 wins as head coach. He has guided two U.S. National Teams to international gold, once in the Pan-Am games in 1979 and once in the Olympics in 1980. Coach Knight has obviously earned the respect of many fans and other coaches, but the fact of the matter is that Knight had several problems on and off the court that were overlooked for so long that some people think that he deserved to keep his job.

During my time at North, I have played football and baseball here, except for Freshman year when I played golf. During my times in these sports, there have always been people who chose to lead the team, and those who follow these leaders. One of these leaders is the head coach of the football program, Coach D. Coach D is leaving after this season and returning to his alma mater of Riverdale. While he was here, the North football program was turned around and we saw success on and off of the field. Even with only 2 wins, those stats do not show how hard we worked on and off of the field. Without Coach D here, I believe that this program will take steps back unless the players step up and become leaders themselves.

Living- In today’s society, many people tend to base their happiness on how much money they have. They begin to put focus on things that don’t have lasting value, like money and wins your team has. People tend to put each other down and make disrespectful remarks if their football team wins and even if they lose. Every Saturday, many Americans travel to tailgate’s and watch their favorite college football team compete. Many Big Ten football coaches like Jim Harbaugh, Urban Meyer, and Mark Dantonio make a significant amount of money coaching college football. I decided to look at the difference between the amount of money these coaches make and the number of games they won in 2016.

“I’m really excited about this group. This is probably … well, this is the best we’ve been since I’ve been here at that position,” Jim McElwain said. “Obviously, there was some numbers issues as far as just what was there, and that’s nothing against anybody. It just kind of is what it is. You had some guys leave early, you had some guys due to injury that weren’t able to finish out their careers. And yet, that group has consistently gotten a little better. I’ve got to tell you, this spring,

The challenge as a coach is applying those philosophies and tips from other coaches, and manipulating them so they fit within the personalities of the staff and players on the team. Underwood’s challenge in 2016 will be getting the most out of his players. To survive the Big 12 gauntlet, Underwood’s Cowboys will have to play to their fullest capabilities in hopes of earning a berth in the 2017 NCAA tournament. Changing the culture of a program doesn’t happen overnight, but Oklahoma State’s hiring of Underwood is a step in the right

Another illustration of Paterno’s power is when he convinced Athletic Director Tim Curley not to report Sandusky to child welfare authorities and handle the matter internally after Wide Receivers Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Mike McQueary witnessed an incident in 2001 (Nadkarni, 2012). How could that be when Curley is Paterno’s boss? Maybe because Paterno collected a bigger paycheck than Curley? Paterno’s power

Beginning his thirty-seventh season coaching the Penn State Women, most people would agree that Coach Rose has the game figured out. His experience and amount of time at this school seems to show that he is dedicated to this program and their highs and lows, however one would not expect that their “lows” were nothing close to an unsuccessful season. Between the years of 1981-2006 Penn State only earned the title of “champions” one time. This does not mean they had struggling seasons, actually far from it. The Lions still had high records and winning seasons, they just could not pull out on top other than their 1999 season. Runners up three times in that period, they were a hard team to beat yet they continued to get shut down in the post season until the year of 2006 (D1 Women’s Volleyball). Penn State began feeling what it was like to end the season with a win and a trophy. As one would assume, these victories attribute to the coaches and the players at Penn State. This is a team made up of the most athletic and talented volleyball players in the

It is without doubt that organizations that lose their leader(s) may often face tough critics on who to replace them with. The idea of replacing leaders is a very common one in professional and inter-collegiate sports that always have stakeholders and fans guessing who will lead their team to victory next. Authors de Janasz, van der Graaf, and Watkins (2013) discuss how some business organizations handled this very situation when the leader(s) of these major companies leave, stepdown, or get fired. In intercollegiate sports one of the more common leadership figures of a team is the head coach. When a coach has developed a wining environment with a particular team and leaves or decides to stepdown for various reason administrators or search committee are responsible for selecting

Thank you for sharing your observation of the recent firing of Illinois head football coach, Tim Beckman. It was disheartening to hear the allegations accusing Coach Beckham of encouraging student-athletics to continue performing, while trying to recover from sustainable injuries. To later find out that financial support to covers the cost of tuition was used as a bargaining tool, was unspeakable. The efforts of many athletic administrators around the country, who have spent numerous hours exploring ways to enhance the student-athlete experience by advocating for additional financial support, has been devalued in this case. Coaches are viewed by many as role models, in some cases, as father figures. The use of power by Coach Beckman was misused

“I made this clear to Jeremy Foley (Florida Athletic Director), if I am able to go coach, I want to coach at one place, the University of Florida. It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach? I don’t want to do that. I have too much love for this University and these players and for what we’ve built.” — Urban Meyer, after resigning at UF (the first time) and then coming back to coach a day later.

The pressure on a college sports coach is undeniably intense. Die-hard sports fans are looking to the coach to lead the team to victory. The team also looks to the coach for overall encouragement, guidance, and a boost in morale. Knowing this, one of the most powerful tips for a college sports coach is to maintain

To me, Yurcich checks ALL the boxes we need in a new head coach at this point in time, as we sit with a record at 1-9 with zero PAC-12 wins in 2017. Like the other coaching candiates, Yurcich has one obvious flaw that I'm sure Beaver nation has questions about, like Les Miles, Yurcich has no real ties to the West coast. However, I hope to explain why I believe Yurcich could turn another orange and black OSU into one of the most explosive offenses in the country.