STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Joe Paterno has met with Penn State President Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley for their annual end-of-season review.
Bill Mahon, a spokesman for Spanier, said Saturday night the trio had an “excellent discussion” Friday about the status of the football program, and that the 84-year-old Paterno did indeed plan to coach next season.
Mahon said coaching plans beyond 2011 would be discussed at next year’s review. JoePa is entering the final year of a three-year extension agreed to in 2008. Both sides have previously said he doesn’t need a contract to keep a job he’s held for more than four decades.
Paterno said in November he hadn’t given thought to not returning, though it wasn’t entirely his call, referring to his bosses at the university.
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