Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dies at 85: How Will You Remember Him?

After easily the most publicly tumultuous year of his life, Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno has passed away at the age of 85. Paterno's family revealed that he had lung cancer back in November, and Paterno lost the fight against the disease this morning.

Paterno's legacy as the head coach of Penn State's football team was one of success on the field (he holds the record for most wins as a Division I head coach) and adoration off the field, as his 62 years on the school's coaching staff made him a beloved figure among the students there.

But Paterno's final year of life was marred by scandal. With only a couple of weeks left in the regular season, it was revealed that a coach on Paterno's staff, Jerry Sandusky, had allegedly raped a number of young boys and that another coach had caught him. The incident occurred years ago and was reported, and Paterno passed the information along without making any firings of his own or taking any action. As a result, Paterno was promptly fired.

"I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did," Paterno said of the cover-up. "It didn't work out that way."

How will you remember Paterno: as the winningest coach in Division I football and the face of Penn State football, or as the man who let a horrible scandal go by him?