I still ask the question, how come very few schools approached Sandusky about a head coaching job? With his reputation, he would have been perhaps the most highly sought out assistant coach in college football. And we know coaching is a kind of Fraternity so you have to wonder, just how many others at least had an inkling about Sandusky?
He would have been the UVA coach had Al Groh not lost his last three games w/ the Jets and saw the writing on the wall. Ziegler (of course) has written extensively on this.
Other colleges were immediately interested in Sandusky. When they contacted Paterno for a reference, they were told to stay far away from him. Paterno clearly knew for years that Sandusky was a molester but didn’t report that to the youth charity or even bother to take away his access to PSU athletic facilities.