Paterno wants more patience

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Paterno says he isn't much into awards. But he's hoping his latest honor -- getting into the College Football of Fame with fellow senior citizen coach Bobby Bowden -- sends a message to school administrators who are impatient with their coaches.
"If that can make a statement to some of these places where they got to keep changing coaches, and don't give a chance to establish themselves ... I think that's important," said Paterno, who starts his 41st season as Penn State head coach in September.
Paterno and Florida State coach Bowden, the two winningest coaches in Division I-A, were elected to the Hall of Fame last month and will be inducted in December -- the same month that Paterno turns 80.
Paterno has won 354 games and two national championships at Penn State.
No one has ever coached longer and won more games at one Division I-A school.
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