From the ArcaMax Publishing, Sports Update Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/sports/s-372247-527044
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UPI) -- Penn State football recruits are being
given details about the successor of long-time Nittany Lion Coach Joe
Paterno, a player said.
The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror report said that players recruited this year
are being assured that when Paterno retires, his replacement will come
from the current coaching staff rather than an outside hire.
"Mr. Paterno told me himself that his replacement is already within
the staff, so he'll just bring one new guy in and bump everybody up in
the ranks," linebacker Mike Yancich from Washington, Pa., told the
newspaper.
"They tell the recruits that the next coach will come from within and
the program won't change while they're there," said recruiting
reporter Cory James of Fightonstate.com.
Paterno, 81, enters his 43rd season at the helm of Penn State football
when the 2008 season opens Aug. 30 against Coastal Carolina.
His 372 victories rank him second all-time, one short to Florida
State's Bobby Bowden.