CONFUSED BACHELOR

thedailywhat:

End Of An Era of the Day: Joe Paterno is out as Penn State’s head football coach effective immediately.

The Board of Trustees announced the decision at a press conference a short while ago. Earlier today, Paterno said that he would retire at the end of his 46th season.

Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley will take over as interim coach. “Right now, I’m not the football coach, and that’s something I have to get used to,” Paterno told the AP shortly after his ouster.

Paterno had come under fire after it was revealed that he was made aware in 2002 of assistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s alleged sexual assault of pre-teen boys, but decided merely to inform his superiors and take no further action.

University president Graham Spanier also resigned tonight; executive VP Rodney Erickson will act as interim president.

Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and Senior Vice President Gary Schultz have previously resigned after being charged with with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse. Neither Spanier nor Paterno have been charged.

According to reports, a large crowd of JoePa supporters has gathered outside Old Main to voice their dismay at the board’s decision. The Daily Collegian says students are heading toward Beaver Canyon, where a demonstration will likely take place.

[pennlive / wtae.]