RE: They revolted when the AD tried to hire Schiano

Posted on: December 4, 2020 at 12:07:36 CT

In 2016, a Philadelphia court released documents in relation to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal revealing testimony from Mike McQueary stating that Schiano was aware of the abuse by fellow assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.[24] In his testimony, McQueary claimed that a former coach told him that: "only that he had—I can't remember if it was one night or one morning—but that Greg had come into his office white as a ghost and said he just saw Jerry doing something to a boy in the shower. And that's it. That's all he ever told me."[24] Schiano denied having knowledge of the abuse.[24]

On November 26, 2017, the University of Tennessee was set to announce Schiano as the head football coach.[25] However, due to a social media campaign including state representatives, alumni, national and local sportswriters, fans and gubernatorial candidates, unhappy with Schiano's tenure at Penn State during the child sex abuse scandal, Tennessee backed out of the deal.[26] Afterwards, officials from both Penn State and Ohio State defended Schiano, saying he had nothing to do with the scandal.[27] Tennessee received criticism from some national sportswriters for a perceived overreactive handling as a response to social media.[28][29][30]