Interesting tidbit over at The Curious Index, citing a WSJ article about Paterno's historic fight to control the disciplining of football players for infractions of the student code (and legal code) off the football field.  One sentence jumped off the page at me, wondering now who could the retired assistant coach be?
"That same fall, Dr. Triponey's office suspended Dan Connor, a Penn State linebacker, who had been accused of making harassing calls to a retired assistant coach."

read the whole article here

A Discipline Problem Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Players