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PSU Coach Paterno To Retire At Season's End

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Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno listens to a question during his weekly NCAA college football news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 in State College, Pa. Penn State plays at Minnesota on Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Little)

November 9, 2011 Updated Nov 9, 2011 at 8:24 AM PDT

(Pennlive.com) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at end of the season, his son Scott Paterno confirmed this morning to The Patriot-News.

As the child sex abuse scandal that has enveloped the university continued to unfold yesterday, support from the university board of trustees for the legendary Penn State football coach and the university president was eroding, according to sources close to the board.

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