Who was the 2010 recipient of the award named for the head coach of the "Nittany Lions" football team from 1966 to 2011?
Joe Paterno Joseph Vincent Paterno ( ; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, and later athletic director and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victorious coach in NCAA FBS history. His career ended with his dismissal from the team in November 2011 as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
Jeffrey J. Miller Jeffrey J. Miller (born 1961) is an American author and historian, best known for his work focusing on the history of professional football. His books include "Pop Warner: A Life on the Gridiron", "100 Things Bills Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die", "Game Changers: The Greatest Plays in Buffalo Bills Football History" (co-written with Hall-of-Fame coach Marv Levy), "Rockin' the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League,""Buffalo's Forgotten Champions: The Story of Buffalo's First Professional Football Team and the Lost 1921 Title," and "The Icemen Cameth: The History of the Natural Ice Industry at Lime Lake, New York, 1880–1925". He is a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association, and was the 2004 recipient of the PFRA's Ralph E. Hay Award, presented for "Lifetime achievement in professional football research and historiography." He lives in Western New York with his wife and son.