Playing For Paterno

In his storied career as head coach, Penn State football icon Joe Paterno has presided over five undefeated seasons. Charlie and Tony Pittman played in three of those seasons. The Pittmans are the only undefeated father-and-son starters in the history of the Nittany Lions"™ program. In the Pittmans"™ years under Paterno"™s tutelage, they learned the discipline and confidence they needed for success, both on and off the field. Their experiences are brought to life in the compelling new memoir Playing for Paterno Playing for Paterno takes the reader inside the Blue-and-White world of Penn State football and gives insight into the profound impact Paterno"™s program has had on young heart and minds. Paterno touched the lives of both Pittman"™s"”Charlie, a poor, black Baltimore kid who was transported to the alien, all-white world if Happy Village in the 1960s, and Tony, a child of privilege who spurned Harvard and Yale for big time football at Penn State in the 1990s. This book offers much more than just life inside one of the premier programs in college football. It transforms the discipline, confidence and integrity of the Pittmans, Paterno and Penn State football into a practical primer for readers who can now apply these principles to their own lives and careers. If you love football, business or both, Playing for Paterno is the book for you ISBN-13: 978-1-60078-000-4 Page Count: 400 Images: 1-color, b/w photo insert Trim Size: 6 x 9 hardcover Publisher: Triumph Books (September 2007)